When to paint a house exterior in Queen Creek, AZ
When to paint in Queen Creek, AZ
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to April, with 4 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 19 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to April, call for quotes in January or earlier; a job pushed past April is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov.
- 2Jan
- 4Feb
- 14Mar
- 19Apr
- 10May
- under 1Jun
- under 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 2Sep
- 14Oct
- 14Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 1 | 25 | 41° / 66°F |
| February | 4 | 2 | 25 | 43° / 71°F |
| March | 14 | 10 | 29 | 49° / 77°F |
| April | 19 | 17 | 21 | 56° / 86°F |
| May | 10 | 6 | 10 | 63° / 93°F |
| June | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 74° / 104°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 82° / 107°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 81° / 104°F |
| September | 2 | under 1 | 2 | 74° / 100°F |
| October | 14 | 11 | 16 | 61° / 89°F |
| November | 14 | 11 | 29 | 49° / 76°F |
| December | 3 | 2 | 26 | 41° / 67°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 101 days a year here.
Towns near Queen Creek compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Mesa (102 a year, 13 miles northwest). 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. Gilbert, Apache Junction, Florence are read from the same station as Queen Creek, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Queen Creek | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert, AZ | 9 mi northwest | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Apache Junction, AZ | 11 mi northeast | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Mesa, AZ | 13 mi northwest | 102 | March to April | Falcon Field Airport |
| Chandler, AZ | 14 mi west | 97 | March to April | Chandler Municipal Airport |
| Florence, AZ | 16 mi southeast | 81 | March to April | same station |
| Tempe, AZ | 21 mi northwest | 84 | March to April | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport |
How Queen Creek ranks in AZ
Of 44 AZ places with 10,000 people or more, Queen Creek (population 83,781, 15th largest) ranks 14th for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Bullhead City, 124 days, 213 miles northwest. The shortest is Show Low at 15. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 101 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Williams Gateway Airport (5.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.