When to paint a house exterior in Klamath Falls, OR
When to paint in Klamath Falls, OR
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 2 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 | 23° / 44°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 22° / 49°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 54°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 62°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 11 | 35° / 71°F |
| June | 1 | 1 | 19 | 42° / 81°F |
| July | 1 | under 1 | 14 | 47° / 90°F |
| August | 2 | 2 | 19 | 46° / 88°F |
| September | 1 | 1 | 15 | 38° / 80°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 30° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 42°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 84 days a year here.
Towns near Klamath Falls compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Grants Pass (81 a year, 81 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 Klamath Falls | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Ashland, OR | 47 mi west | 35 | June to July | Rogue Valley International-Medford Air |
| Medford, OR | 55 mi west | 35 | June to July | Rogue Valley International-Medford Air |
| Central Point, OR | 59 mi west | 35 | June to July | Rogue Valley International-Medford Air |
| Grants Pass, OR | 81 mi west | 81 | July to August | Sexton Summit |
| Roseburg, OR | 106 mi northwest | 65 | June to August | Roseburg Regional Airport |
| Shasta Lake, CA | 111 mi south | 43 | May | Redding Municipal Airport |
How Klamath Falls ranks in OR
Of 57 OR places with 10,000 people or more, Klamath Falls (population 22,174, 27th largest) ranks 57th for painting days, 47 days below the state median of 52. The longest season in the state is Portland, 87 days, 233 miles north. No place in OR has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 84 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Klamath Falls Airport (5.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.