When to paint a house exterior in Grand Junction, CO
When to paint in Grand Junction, CO
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, 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, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Sep.
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- 7May
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- 3Aug
- 11Sep
- 3Oct
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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 | 18° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 49°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 31° / 60°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 15 | 36° / 70°F |
| May | 7 | 7 | 22 | 45° / 79°F |
| June | 4 | 4 | 7 | 57° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 64° / 97°F |
| August | 3 | under 1 | 3 | 62° / 94°F |
| September | 11 | 9 | 17 | 54° / 86°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 16 | 40° / 70°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 27° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 64 days a year here.
Towns near Grand Junction compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Montrose (33 a year, 57 miles southeast); 4 get fewer, down to 12 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. Fruita is read from the same station as Grand Junction, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Grand Junction | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruita, CO | 10 mi northwest | 29 | May | same station |
| Rifle, CO | 53 mi northeast | 12 | none reliable | Garfield County Regional Airport |
| Montrose, CO | 57 mi southeast | 33 | August to September | Montrose Regional Airport |
| Glenwood Springs, CO | 73 mi northeast | 12 | none reliable | Garfield County Regional Airport |
| Vernal, UT | 107 mi northwest | 21 | none reliable | Vernal Airport |
| Durango, CO | 132 mi south | 17 | August | Dura-La Plata County Airport |
How Grand Junction ranks in CO
Of 53 CO places with 10,000 people or more, Grand Junction (population 70,554, 17th largest) ranks 41st for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 36. The longest season in the state is Cañon City, 71 days, 186 miles east. The shortest is Glenwood Springs at 12. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 64 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Grand Junction Regional Airport (3.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.