When to paint a house exterior in Olathe, KS
When to paint in Olathe, KS
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 19 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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 Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 5Apr
- 11May
- 14Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 19Sep
- 10Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 23° / 41°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 25° / 47°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 12 | 37° / 59°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 15 | 45° / 68°F |
| May | 11 | 7 | 15 | 56° / 75°F |
| June | 14 | 12 | 14 | 66° / 87°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 69° / 89°F |
| August | 13 | 11 | 13 | 67° / 87°F |
| September | 19 | 17 | 20 | 61° / 82°F |
| October | 10 | 10 | 20 | 48° / 70°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 13 | 36° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 29° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.
Towns near Olathe compared
2 get fewer, down to 77 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. Lenexa, Overland Park, Shawnee, Leawood are read from the same station as Olathe, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Olathe | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenexa, KS | 6 mi north | 89 | August to September | same station |
| Overland Park, KS | 7 mi east | 89 | August to September | same station |
| Gardner, KS | 7 mi southwest | 77 | August to September | New Century Aircenter Airport |
| Spring Hill, KS | 9 mi south | 77 | August to September | New Century Aircenter Airport |
| Shawnee, KS | 9 mi north | 89 | August to September | same station |
| Leawood, KS | 11 mi east | 89 | August to September | same station |
How Olathe ranks in KS
Of 38 KS places with 10,000 people or more, Olathe (population 149,035, 4th largest) ranks 3rd for painting days, 18 days above the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Pittsburg, 90 days, 102 miles south. The shortest is Dodge City at 35. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Johnson County Executive Airport (4.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.