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When to paint a house exterior in Sanger, CA

When to paint in Sanger, CA

A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by February.

If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.

  1. under 1Jan
  2. under 1Feb
  3. 5Mar
  4. 13Apr
  5. 18May
  6. 6Jun
  7. under 1Jul
  8. 1Aug
  9. 8Sep
  10. 17Oct
  11. 5Nov
  12. under 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
Januaryunder 1under 11341° / 60°F
Februaryunder 1under 11841° / 66°F
March522146° / 71°F
April13122451° / 79°F
May18171956° / 86°F
June66664° / 97°F
Julyunder 1under 1under 170° / 102°F
August11169° / 101°F
September88864° / 94°F
October17152455° / 84°F
November542444° / 69°F
Decemberunder 1under 11439° / 59°F

Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 98 days a year here.

Towns near Sanger compared

2 get fewer, down to 43 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. Parlier, Reedley, Selma, Clovis are read from the same station as Sanger, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom SangerPainting days a yearWindowStation
Parlier, CA6 mi south74April to Maysame station
Reedley, CA9 mi southeast74April to Maysame station
Selma, CA9 mi south74April to Maysame station
Clovis, CA11 mi northwest74April to Maysame station
Kingsburg, CA12 mi south43MayHanford Municipal Airport
Dinuba, CA14 mi southeast52MayVisalia Municipal Airport

How Sanger ranks in CA

Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Sanger (population 26,649, 258th largest) ranks 276th for painting days, 54 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 169 miles south. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 98 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Fresno Yosemite International (10.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.