When to paint a house exterior in Prescott, AZ
When to paint in Prescott, AZ
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is September, with 1 good month a year. The best month is September, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by July.
If you want the house done in September, call for quotes in July or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 10Jun
- 6Jul
- 8Aug
- 13Sep
- 3Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 55°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 59°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 32° / 63°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 20 | 38° / 72°F |
| May | 5 | 5 | 25 | 45° / 78°F |
| June | 10 | 10 | 14 | 56° / 91°F |
| July | 6 | 3 | 6 | 63° / 92°F |
| August | 8 | 5 | 8 | 61° / 90°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 19 | 54° / 86°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 22 | 42° / 76°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 31° / 65°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 56°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 91 days a year here.
Towns near Prescott compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Peoria (78 a year, 56 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 23 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. Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Cottonwood, Camp Verde are read from the same station as Prescott, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Prescott | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott Valley, AZ | 7 mi east | 46 | September | same station |
| Chino Valley, AZ | 10 mi north | 46 | September | same station |
| Cottonwood, AZ | 28 mi northeast | 46 | September | same station |
| Camp Verde, AZ | 34 mi east | 46 | September | same station |
| Peoria, AZ | 56 mi south | 78 | October to November | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 62 mi northeast | 23 | July to August | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport |
How Prescott ranks in AZ
Of 44 AZ places with 10,000 people or more, Prescott (population 48,224, 23rd largest) ranks 36th for painting days, 29 days below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Bullhead City, 124 days, 125 miles west. The shortest is Show Low at 15. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 91 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Ernest A. Love Field Airport (4.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.