When to paint a house exterior in Kelso, WA
When to paint in Kelso, WA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 19 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- under 1Apr
- 8May
- 11Jun
- 19Jul
- 18Aug
- 8Sep
- 2Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 36° / 49°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 35° / 51°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 37° / 57°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 40° / 63°F |
| May | 8 | 3 | 20 | 47° / 71°F |
| June | 11 | 7 | 19 | 51° / 76°F |
| July | 19 | 19 | 22 | 55° / 83°F |
| August | 18 | 17 | 21 | 55° / 83°F |
| September | 8 | 6 | 18 | 51° / 77°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 10 | 45° / 65°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 39° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 36° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 68 days a year here.
Towns near Kelso compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Vancouver (87 a year, 36 miles southeast); 3 get fewer, down to 39 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. Longview is read from the same station as Kelso, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Kelso | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview, WA | 4 mi northwest | 67 | July to August | same station |
| St. Helens, OR | 18 mi south | 58 | July to August | Scappoose Indus Airpk Airport |
| Ridgefield, WA | 23 mi southeast | 58 | July to August | Scappoose Indus Airpk Airport |
| Battle Ground, WA | 29 mi southeast | 74 | June to August | Pearson Field Airport |
| Vancouver, WA | 36 mi southeast | 87 | June to September | Portland International Airport |
| Hillsboro, OR | 41 mi south | 39 | August | Portland-Hillsboro Airport |
How Kelso ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Kelso (population 12,737, 79th largest) ranks 54th for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 107 miles north. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 68 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Kelso-Longview Airport (0.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.