When to paint a house exterior in Fort Morgan, CO
When to paint in Fort Morgan, CO
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is June to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 7 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Aug.
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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 | 15° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 48°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 57°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 31° / 64°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 12 | 41° / 71°F |
| June | 6 | 3 | 11 | 53° / 86°F |
| July | 6 | 3 | 7 | 58° / 91°F |
| August | 7 | 5 | 8 | 56° / 90°F |
| September | 5 | 4 | 18 | 48° / 84°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 14 | 36° / 70°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 54 days a year here.
Towns near Fort Morgan compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Brighton (32 a year, 57 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 21 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 Fort Morgan | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling, CO | 40 mi northeast | 21 | none reliable | Mike (Haxtun) |
| Evans, CO | 51 mi west | 24 | June | Greeley-Weld County Airport |
| Greeley, CO | 53 mi west | 24 | June | Greeley-Weld County Airport |
| Brighton, CO | 57 mi west | 32 | August to September | Denver International Airport |
| Commerce City, CO | 59 mi southwest | 32 | August to September | Denver International Airport |
| Severance, CO | 59 mi west | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
How Fort Morgan ranks in CO
Of 53 CO places with 10,000 people or more, Fort Morgan (population 11,835, 49th largest) ranks 44th for painting days, 10 days below the state median of 36. The longest season in the state is Cañon City, 71 days, 147 miles southwest. The shortest is Glenwood Springs at 12. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 54 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from November (Grover) (26.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.