When to paint a house exterior in Lehi, UT
When to paint in Lehi, UT
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 4 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 20 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 13May
- 16Jun
- 4Jul
- 13Aug
- 20Sep
- 7Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 43°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 12 | 34° / 53°F |
| April | 4 | 4 | 20 | 40° / 62°F |
| May | 13 | 13 | 29 | 49° / 72°F |
| June | 16 | 16 | 20 | 59° / 85°F |
| July | 4 | 4 | 4 | 68° / 95°F |
| August | 13 | 13 | 13 | 65° / 90°F |
| September | 20 | 20 | 26 | 56° / 83°F |
| October | 7 | 7 | 23 | 44° / 66°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 9 | 32° / 49°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 87 days a year here.
Towns near Lehi compared
3 get fewer, down to 39 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. Bluffdale, Draper, Alpine are read from the same station as Lehi, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lehi | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland, UT | 4 mi east | 39 | August to September | Provo Municipal Airport |
| American Fork, UT | 5 mi southeast | 39 | August to September | Provo Municipal Airport |
| Bluffdale, UT | 5 mi northwest | 78 | May to June | same station |
| Saratoga Springs, UT | 6 mi southwest | 39 | August to September | Provo Municipal Airport |
| Draper, UT | 6 mi north | 78 | May to June | same station |
| Alpine, UT | 6 mi northeast | 78 | May to June | same station |
How Lehi ranks in UT
Of 67 UT places with 10,000 people or more, Lehi (population 93,446, 7th largest) ranks 3rd for painting days, 31 days above the state median of 47. The longest season in the state is West Valley City, 78 days, 20 miles north. The shortest is Hyrum at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 87 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Salt Lake City Municipal 2 Airport (15.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.