When to paint a house exterior in Moscow, ID
When to paint in Moscow, ID
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is June to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 8 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 51°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 8 | 34° / 59°F |
| May | 3 | 2 | 18 | 42° / 69°F |
| June | 6 | 6 | 19 | 47° / 77°F |
| July | 8 | 6 | 17 | 51° / 87°F |
| August | 7 | 6 | 17 | 51° / 87°F |
| September | 5 | 5 | 21 | 45° / 76°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 14 | 38° / 63°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 47°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 38°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 93 days a year here.
Towns near Moscow compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cheney (58 a year, 59 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. Pullman is read from the same station as Moscow, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Moscow | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Pullman, WA | 8 mi west | 30 | June to August | same station |
| Lewiston, ID | 23 mi south | 47 | May to September | Lewiston-Nez Perce County Air |
| Cheney, WA | 59 mi northwest | 58 | July to August | Spokane International Airport |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 65 mi north | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 65 mi north | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
| Spokane, WA | 68 mi north | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
How Moscow ranks in ID
Of 26 ID places with 10,000 people or more, Moscow (population 26,894, 14th largest) ranks 15th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 37. The longest season in the state is Meridian, 60 days, 217 miles south. The shortest is Ammon at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 93 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Pullman/Moscow Rgnl Airport (5.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.