When to paint a house exterior in Omaha, NE
When to paint in Omaha, NE
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to September, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 13 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 8May
- 9Jun
- 10Jul
- 13Aug
- 13Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 38°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 22° / 44°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 33° / 56°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 14 | 42° / 67°F |
| May | 8 | 5 | 14 | 54° / 76°F |
| June | 9 | 6 | 10 | 65° / 88°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 68° / 88°F |
| August | 13 | 7 | 13 | 66° / 87°F |
| September | 13 | 13 | 16 | 60° / 83°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 18 | 45° / 68°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 9 | 33° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Omaha compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Council Bluffs (118 a year, 11 miles east); 1 gets fewer, down to 48 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. La Vista, Papillion are read from the same station as Omaha, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Omaha | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vista, NE | 6 mi south | 64 | August to September | same station |
| Papillion, NE | 8 mi south | 64 | August to September | same station |
| Bellevue, NE | 10 mi southeast | 66 | August to September | Offutt Air Force Base Airport |
| Council Bluffs, IA | 11 mi east | 118 | May to September | Council Bluffs Municipal Airport |
| Fremont, NE | 26 mi northwest | 63 | August | Fremont Municipal Airport |
| Lincoln, NE | 45 mi southwest | 48 | May to September | Lincoln Municipal Airport |
How Omaha ranks in NE
Of 16 NE places with 10,000 people or more, Omaha (population 489,265, 1st largest) ranks 5th for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Kearney, 69 days, 163 miles west. The shortest is Scottsbluff at 19. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Millard Airport (5.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.