When to paint a house exterior in Mount Vernon, WA
When to paint in Mount Vernon, WA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to September, with 4 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 26 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 16Jun
- 26Jul
- 22Aug
- 12Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 8 | 37° / 48°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 36° / 48°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 14 | 39° / 54°F |
| April | 2 | 1 | 23 | 43° / 60°F |
| May | 8 | 7 | 24 | 47° / 67°F |
| June | 16 | 13 | 24 | 51° / 71°F |
| July | 26 | 23 | 28 | 54° / 77°F |
| August | 22 | 16 | 24 | 54° / 78°F |
| September | 12 | 12 | 18 | 51° / 71°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 11 | 45° / 61°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 40° / 52°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 36° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 101 days a year here.
Towns near Mount Vernon compared
4 get fewer, down to 57 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. Burlington, Sedro-Woolley are read from the same station as Mount Vernon, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Mount Vernon | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington, WA | 3 mi north | 91 | June to September | same station |
| Sedro-Woolley, WA | 7 mi northeast | 91 | June to September | same station |
| Anacortes, WA | 15 mi west | 64 | July to August | Padilla Bay Reserve |
| Oak Harbor, WA | 17 mi southwest | 70 | July to August | Whidbey Island Naval Air Station |
| Arlington, WA | 19 mi southeast | 57 | July to August | Arlington Municipal Airport |
| Bellingham, WA | 24 mi north | 69 | July to August | Bellingham International Airport |
How Mount Vernon ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Mount Vernon (population 35,344, 35th largest) ranks 36th for painting days, 21 days above the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 55 miles south. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. 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 Skagit Regional Airport (5.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.