When to paint a house exterior in Newton, KS
When to paint in Newton, KS
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is September, with 1 good month a year. The best month is September, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September, call for quotes in July 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, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 10May
- 8Jun
- 7Jul
- 9Aug
- 12Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 45°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 23° / 49°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 11 | 34° / 62°F |
| April | 4 | 2 | 16 | 42° / 70°F |
| May | 10 | 5 | 16 | 53° / 78°F |
| June | 8 | 4 | 8 | 65° / 91°F |
| July | 7 | 5 | 7 | 68° / 93°F |
| August | 9 | 4 | 9 | 65° / 90°F |
| September | 12 | 10 | 14 | 59° / 86°F |
| October | 8 | 8 | 21 | 45° / 74°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 11 | 34° / 60°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Newton compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bel Aire (73 a year, 19 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 52 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.
| Place | From Newton | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Aire, KS | 19 mi south | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
| Wichita, KS | 24 mi south | 52 | August to October | Wichita Eisenhower National |
| Andover, KS | 27 mi southeast | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
| McPherson, KS | 29 mi northwest | 58 | August to October | Hutchinson Municipal Airport |
| El Dorado, KS | 30 mi southeast | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
| Hutchinson, KS | 31 mi west | 58 | August to October | Hutchinson Municipal Airport |
How Newton ranks in KS
Of 38 KS places with 10,000 people or more, Newton (population 18,320, 24th largest) ranks 26th for painting days, 10 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Pittsburg, 90 days, 151 miles east. The shortest is Dodge City at 35. 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 Newton-City-County Airport (4.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.