When to paint a house exterior in Merced, CA
When to paint in Merced, 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 13 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
- 4Apr
- 13May
- 7Jun
- 1Jul
- 2Aug
- 8Sep
- 8Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 38° / 59°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 37° / 65°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 16 | 41° / 69°F |
| April | 4 | 3 | 24 | 45° / 78°F |
| May | 13 | 11 | 21 | 51° / 85°F |
| June | 7 | 7 | 8 | 58° / 95°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 63° / 100°F |
| August | 2 | 2 | 2 | 62° / 98°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 10 | 57° / 93°F |
| October | 8 | 8 | 23 | 49° / 83°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 17 | 40° / 68°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 37° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 98 days a year here.
Towns near Merced compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Turlock (73 a year, 25 miles northwest). 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. Los Banos is read from the same station as Merced, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Merced | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atwater, CA | 8 mi northwest | 67 | May | Castle Air Force Base |
| Livingston, CA | 15 mi west | 67 | May | Castle Air Force Base |
| Chowchilla, CA | 18 mi southeast | 43 | May | Madera Municipal Airport |
| Turlock, CA | 25 mi northwest | 73 | September to October | Mdsto Cty-County H Sham Fd Airport |
| Los Banos, CA | 27 mi southwest | 45 | May | same station |
| Newman, CA | 30 mi west | 73 | September to October | Mdsto Cty-County H Sham Fd Airport |
How Merced ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Merced (population 96,073, 80th largest) ranks 342nd for painting days, 83 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 228 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 98 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mrcd Municipal/Macready Field Airport (3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.