When to paint a house exterior in Lancaster, CA
When to paint in Lancaster, 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 14 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 Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 6Apr
- 14May
- 6Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 7Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 61°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 32° / 65°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 17 | 38° / 69°F |
| April | 6 | 5 | 24 | 45° / 78°F |
| May | 14 | 14 | 22 | 52° / 84°F |
| June | 6 | 6 | 7 | 61° / 96°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 68° / 102°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 65° / 101°F |
| September | 6 | 6 | 8 | 57° / 94°F |
| October | 7 | 5 | 19 | 45° / 84°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 11 | 34° / 70°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 30° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 82 days a year here.
Towns near Lancaster compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Santa Clarita (269 a year, 27 miles southwest). 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 Lancaster | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmdale, CA | 8 mi southeast | 46 | May | Pdle Prodn Flt/Tst Af Plt |
| Santa Clarita, CA | 27 mi southwest | 269 | all year | Whitman Airport |
| San Fernando, CA | 32 mi southwest | 269 | all year | Whitman Airport |
| La Cañada Flintridge, CA | 33 mi south | 164 | April to October | Burbank-Glendale-Pasa Airport |
| Tehachapi, CA | 35 mi northwest | 100 | April to May | Mojave Airport |
| Glendale, CA | 36 mi south | 164 | April to October | Burbank-Glendale-Pasa Airport |
How Lancaster ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Lancaster (population 167,426, 31st largest) ranks 339th for painting days, 82 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 27 miles southwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 82 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from General William J. Fox Airfie (3.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.