When to paint a house exterior in Fairbanks, AK
When to paint in Fairbanks, AK
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July, with 1 good month a year. The best month is July, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past July is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug.
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- 12Jul
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | -16° / 4°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | -11° / 13°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | -1° / 26°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 45°F |
| May | 1 | under 1 | 14 | 38° / 64°F |
| June | 8 | 8 | 19 | 48° / 73°F |
| July | 12 | 8 | 18 | 52° / 75°F |
| August | 5 | 4 | 14 | 47° / 67°F |
| September | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 36° / 57°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 39°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | -1° / 16°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | -11° / 8°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Fairbanks compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Lynden (69 a year, 1433 miles southeast); 2 get fewer, down to 14 a year. A gap like that between towns is usually elevation, a coast or a lake, which is why a painter from a few towns over can be on a different schedule.
| Place | From Fairbanks | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasilla, AK | 232 mi south | 21 | July to August | Wasilla Airport |
| Anchorage, AK | 258 mi south | 14 | July | Bryant Army Airfield Heliport |
| Juneau, AK | 626 mi southeast | 28 | June to August | South Douglas |
| Lynden, WA | 1433 mi southeast | 69 | July to August | Bellingham International Airport |
| Ferndale, WA | 1435 mi southeast | 69 | July to August | Bellingham International Airport |
| Bellingham, WA | 1444 mi southeast | 69 | July to August | Bellingham International Airport |
How Fairbanks ranks in AK
Of 4 AK places with 10,000 people or more, Fairbanks (population 31,732, 2nd largest) ranks 2nd for painting days, 5 days above the state median of 21. The longest season in the state is Juneau, 28 days, 626 miles southeast. The shortest is Anchorage at 14. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Wainwright Army Airfield Airport (1.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.