When to paint a house exterior in Idaho Falls, ID
When to paint in Idaho Falls, ID
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is not reliable in any month, with 0 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 3 painting days.
If you cannot avoid the thin months, ask the painter for a low-temperature latex and watch the forecast for a dry run of 4 days before you commit. No month here reliably has the dry back-to-back days deck stain needs, so consider a solid stain or a sealer you can apply in shorter breaks.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 12° / 31°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 14° / 36°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 49°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 30° / 60°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 13 | 38° / 70°F |
| June | 3 | 3 | 19 | 45° / 82°F |
| July | 3 | 1 | 11 | 49° / 91°F |
| August | 3 | 3 | 15 | 48° / 89°F |
| September | 1 | under 1 | 18 | 41° / 79°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 32° / 63°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 47°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 14° / 33°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 77 days a year here.
Towns near Idaho Falls compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rexburg (20 a year, 26 miles northeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 6 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. Ammon is read from the same station as Idaho Falls, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Idaho Falls | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Ammon, ID | 4 mi east | 11 | none reliable | same station |
| Blackfoot, ID | 26 mi southwest | 15 | none reliable | Pocatello Regional Airport |
| Rexburg, ID | 26 mi northeast | 20 | July | Rexburg-Madison County Airport |
| Chubbuck, ID | 44 mi southwest | 15 | none reliable | Pocatello Regional Airport |
| Pocatello, ID | 48 mi southwest | 15 | none reliable | Pocatello Regional Airport |
| Jackson, WY | 63 mi east | 6 | none reliable | Jackson Hole Airport |
How Idaho Falls ranks in ID
Of 26 ID places with 10,000 people or more, Idaho Falls (population 69,523, 5th largest) ranks 25th for painting days, 26 days below the state median of 37. The longest season in the state is Meridian, 60 days, 219 miles west. The shortest is Ammon at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 77 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Idaho Falls Regional Airport (2.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.