When to paint a house exterior in Fernley, NV
When to paint in Fernley, NV
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is not reliable in any month, with 0 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 4 painting days.
If you cannot avoid the thin months, ask the painter for a low-temperature latex and watch the forecast for a dry run of 4 days before you commit. No month here reliably has the dry back-to-back days deck stain needs, so consider a solid stain or a sealer you can apply in shorter breaks.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 51°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 55°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 29° / 62°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 35° / 71°F |
| May | 3 | 3 | 20 | 43° / 78°F |
| June | 4 | 4 | 11 | 51° / 91°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 58° / 99°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 2 | 56° / 96°F |
| September | 4 | 4 | 16 | 47° / 87°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 13 | 36° / 74°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 75 days a year here.
Towns near Fernley compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Carson (45 a year, 41 miles southwest); 2 get fewer, down to 4 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 Fernley | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Sparks, NV | 28 mi west | 28 | June | Reno/Tahoe International Airport |
| Reno, NV | 35 mi west | 28 | June | Reno/Tahoe International Airport |
| Carson, NV | 41 mi southwest | 45 | June to September | Carson Airport |
| Truckee, CA | 56 mi west | 28 | June | Reno/Tahoe International Airport |
| South Lake Tahoe, CA | 61 mi southwest | 7 | none reliable | Lake Tahoe Airport |
| Susanville, CA | 97 mi northwest | 4 | none reliable | Alturas Municipal Airport |
How Fernley ranks in NV
Of 10 NV places with 10,000 people or more, Fernley (population 25,508, 7th largest) ranks 9th for painting days, 32 days below the state median of 45. The longest season in the state is Boulder City, 89 days, 347 miles southeast. The shortest is Elko at 6. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 75 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Fallon Naval Air Station (27.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.