When to paint a house exterior in Port Angeles, WA
When to paint in Port Angeles, WA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July, with 1 good month a year. The best month is July, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past July is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug.
- under 1Jan
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- 2May
- 7Jun
- 15Jul
- 11Aug
- 4Sep
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 38° / 47°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 37° / 46°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 39° / 50°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 14 | 42° / 54°F |
| May | 2 | 1 | 15 | 47° / 60°F |
| June | 7 | 5 | 15 | 50° / 64°F |
| July | 15 | 9 | 16 | 52° / 65°F |
| August | 11 | 7 | 13 | 52° / 67°F |
| September | 4 | 4 | 10 | 50° / 63°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 45° / 57°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 41° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 38° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 65 days a year here.
Towns near Port Angeles compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bainbridge Island (108 a year, 55 miles southeast). 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.
| Place | From Port Angeles | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Townsend, WA | 30 mi east | 70 | July to August | Whidbey Island Naval Air Station |
| Oak Harbor, WA | 40 mi east | 70 | July to August | Whidbey Island Naval Air Station |
| Poulsbo, WA | 46 mi southeast | 39 | August | Bremerton National Airport |
| Anacortes, WA | 46 mi northeast | 64 | July to August | Padilla Bay Reserve |
| Bremerton, WA | 52 mi southeast | 39 | August | Bremerton National Airport |
| Bainbridge Island, WA | 55 mi southeast | 108 | May to September | Boeing Field/King County International Airport |
How Port Angeles ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Port Angeles (population 20,112, 58th largest) ranks 79th for painting days, 31 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 61 miles southeast. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 65 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Port Angeles Cgas (2.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.