When to paint a house exterior in Lemoore, CA
When to paint in Lemoore, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 9 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
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 4Jun
- under 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 5Sep
- 8Oct
- 3Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 37° / 61°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 11 | 36° / 67°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 17 | 40° / 72°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 22 | 45° / 81°F |
| May | 9 | 6 | 17 | 51° / 88°F |
| June | 4 | 4 | 5 | 58° / 98°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 63° / 103°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 63° / 102°F |
| September | 5 | 5 | 7 | 58° / 96°F |
| October | 8 | 8 | 21 | 49° / 85°F |
| November | 3 | 2 | 16 | 39° / 70°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 36° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 97 days a year here.
Towns near Lemoore compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Selma (74 a year, 22 miles northeast). 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. Avenal is read from the same station as Lemoore, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lemoore | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanford, CA | 8 mi east | 43 | May | Hanford Municipal Airport |
| Corcoran, CA | 20 mi southeast | 43 | May | Hanford Municipal Airport |
| Kingsburg, CA | 20 mi northeast | 43 | May | Hanford Municipal Airport |
| Selma, CA | 22 mi northeast | 74 | April to May | Fresno Yosemite International |
| Avenal, CA | 25 mi southwest | 34 | May | same station |
| Parlier, CA | 26 mi northeast | 74 | April to May | Fresno Yosemite International |
How Lemoore ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Lemoore (population 27,057, 257th largest) ranks 364th for painting days, 94 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 149 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 97 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Naval Air Station (8.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.