When to paint a house exterior in Garden City, KS
When to paint in Garden City, KS
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 11 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 7Jun
- 4Jul
- 9Aug
- 11Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 46°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 20° / 51°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 30° / 63°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 17 | 38° / 71°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 17 | 50° / 78°F |
| June | 7 | 5 | 8 | 62° / 90°F |
| July | 4 | 4 | 4 | 65° / 93°F |
| August | 9 | 5 | 9 | 63° / 91°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 14 | 57° / 87°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 20 | 42° / 73°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 29° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Garden City compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Great Bend (61 a year, 115 miles east); 3 get fewer, down to 35 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 Garden City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge City, KS | 48 mi east | 35 | May to June | Dodge City Regional Airport |
| Liberal, KS | 64 mi south | 39 | May to June | Liberal Municipal Airport |
| Guymon, OK | 95 mi south | 41 | May | Guymon Municipal Airport |
| Hays, KS | 104 mi northeast | 57 | May to September | Hays Regional Airport |
| Great Bend, KS | 115 mi east | 61 | September | Great Bend Municipal Airport |
| Woodward, OK | 133 mi southeast | 49 | April to May | Gage Airport |
How Garden City ranks in KS
Of 38 KS places with 10,000 people or more, Garden City (population 27,996, 14th largest) ranks 36th for painting days, 23 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Pittsburg, 90 days, 339 miles east. The shortest is Dodge City at 35. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 59 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Garden City Regional Airport (7.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.