When to paint a house exterior in Perris, CA
When to paint in Perris, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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 May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 13May
- 11Jun
- 4Jul
- 3Aug
- 8Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 37° / 67°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 10 | 36° / 69°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 16 | 40° / 71°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 24 | 44° / 78°F |
| May | 13 | 13 | 24 | 50° / 80°F |
| June | 11 | 9 | 12 | 56° / 91°F |
| July | 4 | 2 | 4 | 62° / 97°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 62° / 97°F |
| September | 8 | 8 | 10 | 59° / 92°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 18 | 51° / 86°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 21 | 40° / 76°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 12 | 36° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 110 days a year here.
Towns near Perris compared
Every one of the 6 closest places lands within three days of Perris's 53 a year, so the season here is the regional season. Moreno Valley, Lake Elsinore are read from the same station as Perris, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Perris | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menifee, CA | 7 mi south | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
| Canyon Lake, CA | 7 mi south | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
| Moreno Valley, CA | 9 mi north | 53 | May | same station |
| Lake Elsinore, CA | 10 mi southwest | 53 | May | same station |
| Wildomar, CA | 12 mi south | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
| San Jacinto, CA | 13 mi east | 52 | May | Hemet Ryan |
How Perris ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Perris (population 83,032, 103rd largest) ranks 312th for painting days, 75 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 85 miles northwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 110 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from March Air Reserve Base (7.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.