When to paint a house exterior in Huntington Park, CA
When to paint in Huntington Park, CA
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is March to November, with 9 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 28 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to November, call for quotes in January or earlier; a job pushed past November is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 9Jan
- 11Feb
- 16Mar
- 26Apr
- 28May
- 28Jun
- 26Jul
- 24Aug
- 22Sep
- 23Oct
- 20Nov
- 8Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 | 7 | 24 | 48° / 70°F |
| February | 11 | 9 | 23 | 49° / 71°F |
| March | 16 | 12 | 23 | 52° / 72°F |
| April | 26 | 23 | 27 | 55° / 76°F |
| May | 28 | 28 | 28 | 58° / 74°F |
| June | 28 | 28 | 28 | 62° / 80°F |
| July | 26 | 26 | 26 | 65° / 85°F |
| August | 24 | 23 | 24 | 66° / 86°F |
| September | 22 | 22 | 22 | 65° / 86°F |
| October | 23 | 22 | 23 | 61° / 83°F |
| November | 20 | 17 | 26 | 53° / 77°F |
| December | 8 | 6 | 24 | 48° / 70°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Huntington Park compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Lynwood (263 a year, 4 miles south). 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. Maywood, Bell, Cudahy, South Gate, Bell Gardens are read from the same station as Huntington Park, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Huntington Park | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood, CA | 2 mi east | 240 | March to November | same station |
| Bell, CA | 2 mi east | 240 | March to November | same station |
| Cudahy, CA | 2 mi southeast | 240 | March to November | same station |
| South Gate, CA | 3 mi southeast | 240 | March to November | same station |
| Bell Gardens, CA | 4 mi east | 240 | March to November | same station |
| Lynwood, CA | 4 mi south | 263 | March to November | Nrthorp Field/Hathrn Municipal Airport |
How Huntington Park ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Huntington Park (population 52,166, 174th largest) ranks 52nd for painting days, 112 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 34 miles northwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Downtown L.A./Usc Campus (5.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.