When to paint a house exterior in Meridian, ID
When to paint in Meridian, ID
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to June, with 2 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 15 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 12May
- 15Jun
- 6Jul
- 9Aug
- 12Sep
- 3Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 47°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 13 | 34° / 57°F |
| April | 2 | 1 | 21 | 39° / 65°F |
| May | 12 | 11 | 29 | 48° / 75°F |
| June | 15 | 14 | 20 | 55° / 85°F |
| July | 6 | 4 | 7 | 62° / 95°F |
| August | 9 | 9 | 11 | 59° / 92°F |
| September | 12 | 12 | 25 | 50° / 81°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 22 | 40° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 31° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 39°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 101 days a year here.
Towns near Meridian compared
3 get fewer, down to 29 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. Kuna, Eagle, Nampa are read from the same station as Meridian, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Meridian | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuna, ID | 6 mi south | 60 | May to June | same station |
| Eagle, ID | 6 mi north | 60 | May to June | same station |
| Garden City, ID | 7 mi northeast | 41 | August to September | Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Fd A |
| Star, ID | 8 mi northwest | 29 | June | Caldwell Industrial Airport |
| Nampa, ID | 8 mi west | 60 | May to June | same station |
| Boise City, ID | 9 mi east | 41 | August to September | Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Fd A |
How Meridian ranks in ID
Of 26 ID places with 10,000 people or more, Meridian (population 139,740, 2nd largest) ranks 1st for painting days, 23 days above the state median of 37. No place in ID has a longer season. The shortest is Ammon at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 101 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Nampa Municipal Airport (6.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.