When to paint a house exterior in Madera, CA
When to paint in Madera, 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 12 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
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 5Apr
- 12May
- 5Jun
- under 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 8Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 39° / 61°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 38° / 66°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 19 | 42° / 71°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 24 | 46° / 79°F |
| May | 12 | 8 | 20 | 51° / 86°F |
| June | 5 | 5 | 7 | 58° / 96°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 62° / 101°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62° / 100°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 9 | 57° / 94°F |
| October | 8 | 8 | 23 | 49° / 84°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 18 | 40° / 69°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 37° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 107 days a year here.
Towns near Madera compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Fresno (74 a year, 21 miles southeast). 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. Chowchilla, Kerman, Mendota are read from the same station as Madera, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Madera | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chowchilla, CA | 13 mi northwest | 43 | May | same station |
| Kerman, CA | 17 mi south | 43 | May | same station |
| Fresno, CA | 21 mi southeast | 74 | April to May | Fresno Yosemite International |
| Mendota, CA | 22 mi southwest | 43 | May | same station |
| Clovis, CA | 24 mi southeast | 74 | April to May | Fresno Yosemite International |
| Merced, CA | 32 mi northwest | 45 | May | Mrcd Municipal/Macready Field Airport |
How Madera ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Madera (population 69,094, 130th largest) ranks 344th for painting days, 84 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 197 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 107 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Madera Municipal Airport (2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.