When to paint a house exterior in Kearney, NE
When to paint in Kearney, NE
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to September, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 10May
- 11Jun
- 12Jul
- 16Aug
- 14Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 18° / 38°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 18° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 29° / 56°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 13 | 38° / 66°F |
| May | 10 | 8 | 16 | 50° / 73°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 11 | 62° / 87°F |
| July | 12 | 7 | 12 | 65° / 87°F |
| August | 16 | 11 | 16 | 62° / 86°F |
| September | 14 | 13 | 18 | 56° / 82°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 18 | 41° / 67°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 30° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Kearney compared
4 get fewer, down to 34 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 Kearney | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington, NE | 35 mi west | 52 | May to September | Jim Kelly Field Airport |
| Hastings, NE | 37 mi east | 68 | August to September | Hastings Municipal Airport |
| Grand Island, NE | 41 mi east | 54 | August | Central Nebraska Regional Air |
| North Platte, NE | 92 mi west | 34 | June to September | North Platte Rgnl Airport Lee Bird |
| Columbus, NE | 103 mi northeast | 67 | July to September | Columbus Municipal Airport |
| Norfolk, NE | 126 mi northeast | 54 | August | Karl Stefan Memorial Airport |
How Kearney ranks in NE
Of 16 NE places with 10,000 people or more, Kearney (population 34,741, 5th largest) ranks 1st for painting days, 11 days above the state median of 58. No place in NE has a longer season. The shortest is Scottsbluff at 19. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Kearney Municipal Airport (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+.