When to paint a house exterior in Pullman, WA
When to paint in Pullman, WA
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is June to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 8 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April 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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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 51°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 8 | 34° / 59°F |
| May | 3 | 2 | 18 | 42° / 69°F |
| June | 6 | 6 | 19 | 47° / 77°F |
| July | 8 | 6 | 17 | 51° / 87°F |
| August | 7 | 6 | 17 | 51° / 87°F |
| September | 5 | 5 | 21 | 45° / 76°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 14 | 38° / 63°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 47°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 38°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 93 days a year here.
Towns near Pullman compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cheney (58 a year, 56 miles north). 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. Moscow is read from the same station as Pullman, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Pullman | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Moscow, ID | 8 mi east | 30 | June to August | same station |
| Lewiston, ID | 25 mi south | 47 | May to September | Lewiston-Nez Perce County Air |
| Cheney, WA | 56 mi north | 58 | July to August | Spokane International Airport |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 64 mi north | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 65 mi north | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
| Spokane, WA | 66 mi north | 42 | June to September | Felts Field Airport |
How Pullman ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Pullman (population 33,543, 39th largest) ranks 89th for painting days, 41 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 251 miles west. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 93 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Pullman/Moscow Rgnl Airport (2.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.