When to paint a house exterior in Lake Elsinore, CA
When to paint in Lake Elsinore, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 13May
- 11Jun
- 4Jul
- 3Aug
- 8Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 37° / 67°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 10 | 36° / 69°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 16 | 40° / 71°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 24 | 44° / 78°F |
| May | 13 | 13 | 24 | 50° / 80°F |
| June | 11 | 9 | 12 | 56° / 91°F |
| July | 4 | 2 | 4 | 62° / 97°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 62° / 97°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 10 | 59° / 92°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 18 | 51° / 86°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 21 | 40° / 76°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 12 | 36° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 110 days a year here.
Towns near Lake Elsinore compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rancho Santa Margarita (249 a year, 16 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. Perris is read from the same station as Lake Elsinore, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lake Elsinore | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Lake, CA | 4 mi east | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
| Wildomar, CA | 6 mi southeast | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
| Menifee, CA | 9 mi east | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
| Perris, CA | 10 mi northeast | 53 | May | same station |
| Murrieta, CA | 11 mi southeast | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
| Rancho Santa Margarita, CA | 16 mi west | 249 | March to November | J. Wayne Airport-Orange County Airport |
How Lake Elsinore ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Lake Elsinore (population 73,595, 121st largest) ranks 313th for painting days, 75 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 84 miles northwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 110 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from March Air Reserve Base (15.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.