When to paint a house exterior in Oregon City, OR
When to paint in Oregon City, OR
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to August, with 3 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 19 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 7May
- 13Jun
- 19Jul
- 17Aug
- 11Sep
- 3Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 35° / 50°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 35° / 52°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 37° / 58°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 13 | 41° / 64°F |
| May | 7 | 4 | 19 | 47° / 73°F |
| June | 13 | 11 | 19 | 52° / 80°F |
| July | 19 | 17 | 19 | 55° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 16 | 19 | 56° / 88°F |
| September | 11 | 11 | 19 | 51° / 79°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 13 | 44° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 39° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 35° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 67 days a year here.
Towns near Oregon City compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Milwaukie (87 a year, 7 miles north). 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. West Linn, Gladstone, Canby, Lake Oswego are read from the same station as Oregon City, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Oregon City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Linn, OR | 3 mi northwest | 69 | June to August | same station |
| Gladstone, OR | 3 mi north | 69 | June to August | same station |
| Canby, OR | 7 mi southwest | 69 | June to August | same station |
| Lake Oswego, OR | 7 mi northwest | 69 | June to August | same station |
| Milwaukie, OR | 7 mi north | 87 | June to September | Portland International Airport |
| Happy Valley, OR | 8 mi northeast | 72 | July to August | Portland-Troutdale Airport |
How Oregon City ranks in OR
Of 57 OR places with 10,000 people or more, Oregon City (population 38,327, 16th largest) ranks 10th for painting days, 17 days above the state median of 52. The longest season in the state is Portland, 87 days, 14 miles north. The shortest is Klamath Falls at 5. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 67 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Aurora State Airport (10.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.