When to paint a house exterior in Jackson, WY
When to paint in Jackson, WY
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 August, at about 2 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 | 5° / 28°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 10° / 32°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 16° / 40°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 50°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 62°F |
| June | 1 | 1 | 18 | 39° / 74°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 23 | 43° / 82°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 22 | 42° / 81°F |
| September | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 35° / 73°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 57°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 15° / 41°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 8° / 31°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 76 days a year here.
Towns near Jackson compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rexburg (20 a year, 56 miles northwest). 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 Jackson | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Rexburg, ID | 56 mi northwest | 20 | July | Rexburg-Madison County Airport |
| Ammon, ID | 59 mi west | 11 | none reliable | Idaho Falls Regional Airport |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 63 mi west | 11 | none reliable | Idaho Falls Regional Airport |
| Blackfoot, ID | 81 mi west | 15 | none reliable | Pocatello Regional Airport |
| Chubbuck, ID | 93 mi southwest | 15 | none reliable | Pocatello Regional Airport |
| Pocatello, ID | 95 mi southwest | 15 | none reliable | Pocatello Regional Airport |
How Jackson ranks in WY
Of 11 WY places with 10,000 people or more, Jackson (population 10,680, 10th largest) ranks 11th for painting days, 23 days below the state median of 29. The longest season in the state is Cody, 50 days, 112 miles northeast. No place in WY has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 76 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Jackson Hole Airport (9.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.