When to paint a house exterior in Los Alamitos, CA
When to paint in Los Alamitos, CA
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is April to October, with 7 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 27 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to October, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 5Mar
- 15Apr
- 25May
- 27Jun
- 27Jul
- 25Aug
- 22Sep
- 18Oct
- 6Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 18 | 44° / 69°F |
| February | 3 | 3 | 17 | 44° / 70°F |
| March | 5 | 3 | 20 | 47° / 71°F |
| April | 15 | 13 | 25 | 51° / 74°F |
| May | 25 | 23 | 27 | 55° / 73°F |
| June | 27 | 27 | 27 | 60° / 78°F |
| July | 27 | 27 | 27 | 64° / 83°F |
| August | 25 | 25 | 25 | 64° / 85°F |
| September | 22 | 21 | 22 | 62° / 85°F |
| October | 18 | 17 | 21 | 56° / 82°F |
| November | 6 | 3 | 23 | 47° / 77°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 21 | 43° / 70°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 97 days a year here.
Towns near Los Alamitos compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in La Palma (188 a year, 4 miles north). 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. Cypress, Hawaiian Gardens, Seal Beach, Stanton are read from the same station as Los Alamitos, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Los Alamitos | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress, CA | 2 mi northeast | 174 | April to October | same station |
| Hawaiian Gardens, CA | 2 mi north | 174 | April to October | same station |
| Seal Beach, CA | 3 mi south | 174 | April to October | same station |
| Stanton, CA | 4 mi east | 174 | April to October | same station |
| La Palma, CA | 4 mi north | 188 | April to October | Fullerton Municipal Airport |
| Cerritos, CA | 5 mi north | 188 | April to October | Fullerton Municipal Airport |
How Los Alamitos ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Los Alamitos (population 11,846, 355th largest) ranks 145th for painting days, 46 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 50 miles northwest. 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 Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport (0.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.