When to paint a house exterior in Parlier, CA
When to paint in Parlier, CA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 5Mar
- 13Apr
- 18May
- 6Jun
- under 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 8Sep
- 17Oct
- 5Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 41° / 60°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 18 | 41° / 66°F |
| March | 5 | 2 | 21 | 46° / 71°F |
| April | 13 | 12 | 24 | 51° / 79°F |
| May | 18 | 17 | 19 | 56° / 86°F |
| June | 6 | 6 | 6 | 64° / 97°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 70° / 102°F |
| August | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69° / 101°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 8 | 64° / 94°F |
| October | 17 | 15 | 24 | 55° / 84°F |
| November | 5 | 4 | 24 | 44° / 69°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 14 | 39° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 98 days a year here.
Towns near Parlier compared
2 get fewer, down to 43 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. Selma, Reedley, Sanger, Clovis are read from the same station as Parlier, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Parlier | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selma, CA | 5 mi southwest | 74 | April to May | same station |
| Reedley, CA | 5 mi east | 74 | April to May | same station |
| Kingsburg, CA | 6 mi south | 43 | May | Hanford Municipal Airport |
| Sanger, CA | 6 mi north | 74 | April to May | same station |
| Dinuba, CA | 9 mi southeast | 52 | May | Visalia Municipal Airport |
| Clovis, CA | 17 mi northwest | 74 | April to May | same station |
How Parlier ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Parlier (population 14,429, 328th largest) ranks 279th for painting days, 54 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 162 miles south. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 98 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Fresno Yosemite International (15.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.