When to paint a house exterior in Moberly, MO
When to paint in Moberly, MO
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to October, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 10 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to October, call for quotes in June 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 May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 6Apr
- 10May
- 8Jun
- 4Jul
- 10Aug
- 10Sep
- 8Oct
- 3Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 42°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 29° / 50°F |
| March | 2 | 1 | 12 | 39° / 60°F |
| April | 6 | 4 | 15 | 46° / 70°F |
| May | 10 | 7 | 14 | 57° / 78°F |
| June | 8 | 6 | 8 | 66° / 89°F |
| July | 4 | 1 | 4 | 68° / 91°F |
| August | 10 | 6 | 10 | 64° / 90°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 13 | 58° / 87°F |
| October | 8 | 5 | 19 | 48° / 74°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 11 | 39° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 32° / 51°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Moberly compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Hannibal (91 a year, 59 miles east). 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.
| Place | From Moberly | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia, MO | 33 mi south | 73 | August to September | Columbia Regional Airport |
| Mexico, MO | 35 mi southeast | 73 | August to September | Columbia Regional Airport |
| Marshall, MO | 46 mi southwest | 86 | August to September | Sedalia Memorial Airport |
| Fulton, MO | 47 mi southeast | 73 | August to September | Columbia Regional Airport |
| Kirksville, MO | 54 mi north | 80 | June to September | Kirksville Regional Airport |
| Hannibal, MO | 59 mi east | 91 | June to September | Quincy Rgnl-Bldwn Field Airport |
How Moberly ranks in MO
Of 80 MO places with 10,000 people or more, Moberly (population 13,337, 60th largest) ranks 80th for painting days, 11 days below the state median of 72. The longest season in the state is Branson, 93 days, 199 miles south. No place in MO has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 59 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (35.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.