When to paint a house exterior in Junction City, KS
When to paint in Junction City, KS
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to October, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 10 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to October, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 5Apr
- 10May
- 8Jun
- 7Jul
- 9Aug
- 10Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 45°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 23° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 9 | 35° / 62°F |
| April | 5 | 5 | 16 | 44° / 71°F |
| May | 10 | 8 | 16 | 55° / 78°F |
| June | 8 | 6 | 8 | 66° / 90°F |
| July | 7 | 5 | 7 | 69° / 92°F |
| August | 9 | 4 | 9 | 67° / 90°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 14 | 60° / 86°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 18 | 46° / 73°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 10 | 34° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.
Towns near Junction City compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Emporia (70 a year, 56 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 54 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.
| Place | From Junction City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan, KS | 17 mi northeast | 54 | August to October | Manhattan Regional Airport |
| Salina, KS | 44 mi west | 58 | April to June | Salina Municipal Airport |
| Emporia, KS | 56 mi southeast | 70 | September | Emporia Municipal Airport |
| Topeka, KS | 62 mi east | 55 | May to June | Philip Billard Municipal Airport |
| McPherson, KS | 63 mi southwest | 58 | August to October | Hutchinson Municipal Airport |
| Newton, KS | 73 mi south | 61 | September | Newton-City-County Airport |
How Junction City ranks in KS
Of 38 KS places with 10,000 people or more, Junction City (population 22,053, 20th largest) ranks 29th for painting days, 13 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Pittsburg, 90 days, 162 miles southeast. The shortest is Dodge City at 35. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Marshall Army Airfield (4.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.