When to paint a house exterior in Port Townsend, WA
When to paint in Port Townsend, WA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 24 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 11Jun
- 24Jul
- 20Aug
- 7Sep
- 1Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 37° / 51°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 36° / 50°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 38° / 55°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 13 | 42° / 58°F |
| May | 5 | 2 | 18 | 47° / 63°F |
| June | 11 | 7 | 17 | 50° / 67°F |
| July | 24 | 21 | 26 | 53° / 70°F |
| August | 20 | 15 | 23 | 53° / 71°F |
| September | 7 | 5 | 16 | 50° / 68°F |
| October | 1 | under 1 | 9 | 44° / 61°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 39° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 36° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 78 days a year here.
Towns near Port Townsend compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Mukilteo (92 a year, 27 miles southeast); 3 get fewer, down to 39 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. Oak Harbor is read from the same station as Port Townsend, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Port Townsend | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Harbor, WA | 14 mi northeast | 70 | July to August | same station |
| Anacortes, WA | 26 mi north | 64 | July to August | Padilla Bay Reserve |
| Mukilteo, WA | 27 mi southeast | 92 | June to September | Snohomish County (Paine Fd) Airport |
| Poulsbo, WA | 27 mi south | 39 | August | Bremerton National Airport |
| Edmonds, WA | 29 mi southeast | 92 | June to September | Snohomish County (Paine Fd) Airport |
| Marysville, WA | 29 mi east | 57 | July to August | Arlington Municipal Airport |
How Port Townsend ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Port Townsend (population 10,649, 90th largest) ranks 49th for painting days, 1 day below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 40 miles southeast. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 78 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (16.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.