When to paint a house exterior in Kennewick, WA
When to paint in Kennewick, WA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 8 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 8Jun
- 4Jul
- 5Aug
- 6Sep
- 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 | 1 | 27° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 51°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 32° / 61°F |
| April | 2 | 1 | 15 | 38° / 70°F |
| May | 6 | 4 | 20 | 47° / 81°F |
| June | 8 | 7 | 15 | 53° / 89°F |
| July | 4 | 3 | 5 | 57° / 97°F |
| August | 5 | 5 | 7 | 56° / 95°F |
| September | 6 | 5 | 20 | 49° / 83°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 16 | 39° / 70°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 53°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 81 days a year here.
Towns near Kennewick compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Richland (47 a year, 8 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. Pasco is read from the same station as Kennewick, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Kennewick | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco, WA | 5 mi northeast | 34 | June | same station |
| Richland, WA | 8 mi northwest | 47 | May to June | Richland Airport |
| West Richland, WA | 13 mi northwest | 47 | May to June | Richland Airport |
| Hermiston, OR | 26 mi south | 35 | June | Hermiston Municipal Airport |
| Grandview, WA | 35 mi west | 47 | May to June | Richland Airport |
| Pendleton, OR | 40 mi southeast | 36 | June to September | Eastern Or Regional At Pendle |
How Kennewick ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Kennewick (population 86,728, 14th largest) ranks 83rd for painting days, 37 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 179 miles northwest. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 81 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Tri-Cities Airport (5.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.