When to paint a house exterior in La Grande, OR
When to paint in La Grande, 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 July, at about 5 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 | 3 | 26° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 45°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 30° / 54°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 34° / 62°F |
| May | 2 | 1 | 16 | 41° / 71°F |
| June | 4 | 2 | 18 | 47° / 80°F |
| July | 5 | 3 | 11 | 52° / 91°F |
| August | 4 | 3 | 12 | 50° / 90°F |
| September | 2 | 2 | 16 | 42° / 79°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 11 | 36° / 65°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 31° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 90 days a year here.
Towns near La Grande compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Walla Walla (63 a year, 53 miles north); 1 gets fewer, down to 8 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 La Grande | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Baker City, OR | 40 mi south | 8 | none reliable | Baker City Municipal Airport |
| Pendleton, OR | 43 mi northwest | 36 | June to September | Eastern Or Regional At Pendle |
| Walla Walla, WA | 53 mi north | 63 | June | Walla Walla Regional Airport |
| Hermiston, OR | 68 mi northwest | 35 | June | Hermiston Municipal Airport |
| Kennewick, WA | 80 mi northwest | 34 | June | Tri-Cities Airport |
| Pasco, WA | 82 mi northwest | 34 | June | Tri-Cities Airport |
How La Grande ranks in OR
Of 57 OR places with 10,000 people or more, La Grande (population 13,058, 42nd largest) ranks 52nd for painting days, 31 days below the state median of 52. The longest season in the state is Portland, 87 days, 222 miles west. The shortest is Klamath Falls at 5. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 90 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from La Grande/Union County Airport (5.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.