When to paint a house exterior in Laramie, WY
When to paint in Laramie, WY
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 | under 1 | 10° / 36°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 13° / 39°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 18° / 47°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 55°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 32° / 64°F |
| June | 2 | 2 | 20 | 43° / 79°F |
| July | 5 | 4 | 19 | 48° / 85°F |
| August | 4 | 4 | 21 | 46° / 83°F |
| September | 1 | under 1 | 18 | 39° / 77°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 28° / 61°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 48°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 13° / 39°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 81 days a year here.
Towns near Laramie compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cheyenne (37 a year, 44 miles east). 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 Laramie | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Cheyenne, WY | 44 mi east | 37 | August | Cheyenne Airport |
| Wellington, CO | 53 mi southeast | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
| Fort Collins, CO | 60 mi southeast | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
| Timnath, CO | 63 mi southeast | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
| Severance, CO | 68 mi southeast | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
| Windsor, CO | 68 mi southeast | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
How Laramie ranks in WY
Of 11 WY places with 10,000 people or more, Laramie (population 32,957, 4th largest) ranks 9th for painting days, 17 days below the state median of 29. The longest season in the state is Cody, 50 days, 282 miles northwest. The shortest is Jackson at 6. 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 Laramie Regional Airport (4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.