When to paint a house exterior in Kalispell, MT
When to paint in Kalispell, MT
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 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 | 16° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 36°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 48°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 58°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 13 | 38° / 69°F |
| June | 2 | 1 | 16 | 44° / 77°F |
| July | 2 | 2 | 15 | 47° / 87°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 16 | 47° / 86°F |
| September | 1 | 1 | 16 | 39° / 74°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 59°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 42°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 18° / 34°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 74 days a year here.
Towns near Kalispell compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sandpoint (45 a year, 103 miles west). 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 Kalispell | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Missoula, MT | 94 mi south | 11 | none reliable | Missoula International Airport |
| Sandpoint, ID | 103 mi west | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
| Hayden, ID | 118 mi west | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 120 mi west | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
| Rathdrum, ID | 122 mi west | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
| Post Falls, ID | 126 mi west | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
How Kalispell ranks in MT
Of 8 MT places with 10,000 people or more, Kalispell (population 31,296, 7th largest) ranks 5th for painting days, right at the state median of 10. The longest season in the state is Billings, 38 days, 320 miles southeast. The shortest is Butte-Silver Bow at 5. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 74 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Glacier Park International Airport (6.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.