When to paint a house exterior in Green River, WY
When to paint in Green River, WY
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May 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 Jun, Jul, Aug.
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- 14Jul
- 15Aug
- 5Sep
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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 | 12° / 32°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 13° / 36°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 46°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 27° / 56°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 14 | 36° / 66°F |
| June | 8 | 6 | 22 | 47° / 80°F |
| July | 14 | 11 | 18 | 54° / 88°F |
| August | 15 | 12 | 22 | 51° / 85°F |
| September | 5 | 3 | 23 | 44° / 76°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 11 | 32° / 61°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 21° / 45°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 13° / 34°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 75 days a year here.
Towns near Green River compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Evanston (45 a year, 79 miles west); 4 get fewer, down to 11 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. Rock Springs is read from the same station as Green River, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Green River | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs, WY | 14 mi northeast | 42 | July to August | same station |
| Vernal, UT | 73 mi south | 21 | none reliable | Vernal Airport |
| Evanston, WY | 79 mi west | 45 | July to August | Evan-Uinta County Burns Field Airport |
| Riverton, WY | 118 mi northeast | 29 | June to August | Riverton Regional Airport |
| Heber, UT | 120 mi southwest | 39 | August to September | Provo Municipal Airport |
| North Logan, UT | 122 mi west | 11 | none reliable | Logan-Cache Airport |
How Green River ranks in WY
Of 11 WY places with 10,000 people or more, Green River (population 11,474, 8th largest) ranks 4th for painting days, 13 days above the state median of 29. The longest season in the state is Cody, 50 days, 209 miles north. The shortest is Jackson 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 Rck Srings-Swetwter County Airport (22.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.