When to paint a house exterior in Poulsbo, WA
When to paint in Poulsbo, WA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June 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.
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- 6Jun
- 11Jul
- 13Aug
- 5Sep
- 1Oct
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 34° / 47°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 32° / 48°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 34° / 54°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 37° / 61°F |
| May | 2 | 2 | 18 | 43° / 69°F |
| June | 6 | 4 | 20 | 48° / 74°F |
| July | 11 | 11 | 24 | 50° / 81°F |
| August | 13 | 11 | 23 | 51° / 81°F |
| September | 5 | 5 | 17 | 48° / 73°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 5 | 41° / 62°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 36° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 33° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 80 days a year here.
Towns near Poulsbo compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bainbridge Island (108 a year, 9 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. Port Orchard, Bremerton are read from the same station as Poulsbo, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Poulsbo | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Island, WA | 9 mi southeast | 108 | May to September | Boeing Field/King County International Airport |
| Shoreline, WA | 14 mi east | 92 | June to September | Snohomish County (Paine Fd) Airport |
| Port Orchard, WA | 14 mi south | 39 | August | same station |
| Edmonds, WA | 14 mi east | 92 | June to September | Snohomish County (Paine Fd) Airport |
| Bremerton, WA | 14 mi south | 39 | August | same station |
| Seattle, WA | 16 mi southeast | 108 | May to September | Boeing Field/King County International Airport |
How Poulsbo ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Poulsbo (population 12,562, 82nd largest) ranks 82nd for painting days, 32 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 16 miles southeast. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 80 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Bremerton National Airport (18.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.