When to paint a house exterior in Roy, UT
When to paint in Roy, UT
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, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 11Jun
- 4Jul
- 7Aug
- 13Sep
- 6Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 22° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 45°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 32° / 56°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 14 | 38° / 64°F |
| May | 8 | 8 | 20 | 46° / 74°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 13 | 57° / 88°F |
| July | 4 | 1 | 4 | 66° / 96°F |
| August | 7 | 3 | 7 | 63° / 93°F |
| September | 13 | 13 | 19 | 54° / 84°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 19 | 42° / 68°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 31° / 52°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 41°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 64 days a year here.
Towns near Roy compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in West Point (56 a year, 4 miles southwest). 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. Clinton, West Haven, South Ogden, Ogden are read from the same station as Roy, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Roy | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton, UT | 2 mi south | 50 | September | same station |
| West Haven, UT | 3 mi north | 50 | September | same station |
| West Point, UT | 4 mi southwest | 56 | June | Hill Air Force Base Airport |
| South Ogden, UT | 5 mi east | 50 | September | same station |
| Clearfield, UT | 5 mi south | 56 | June | Hill Air Force Base Airport |
| Ogden, UT | 6 mi northeast | 50 | September | same station |
How Roy ranks in UT
Of 67 UT places with 10,000 people or more, Roy (population 38,719, 28th largest) ranks 26th for painting days, 2 days above the state median of 47. The longest season in the state is West Valley City, 78 days, 33 miles south. The shortest is Hyrum at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 64 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Ogden-Hinckley Airport (2.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.