When to paint a house exterior in Scottsbluff, NE
When to paint in Scottsbluff, NE
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is not reliable in any month, with 0 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 6 painting days.
If you cannot avoid the thin months, ask the painter for a low-temperature latex and watch the forecast for a dry run of 4 days before you commit. No month here reliably has the dry back-to-back days deck stain needs, so consider a solid stain or a sealer you can apply in shorter breaks.
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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 | under 1 | 14° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 16° / 47°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 59°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 31° / 67°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 13 | 41° / 74°F |
| June | 5 | 3 | 9 | 54° / 90°F |
| July | 3 | 1 | 3 | 59° / 94°F |
| August | 6 | 3 | 7 | 56° / 92°F |
| September | 4 | 2 | 12 | 48° / 86°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 33° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Scottsbluff compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cheyenne (37 a year, 78 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 12 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.
| Place | From Scottsbluff | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Cheyenne, WY | 78 mi southwest | 37 | August | Cheyenne Airport |
| Sterling, CO | 90 mi south | 21 | none reliable | Mike (Haxtun) |
| Wellington, CO | 107 mi southwest | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
| Laramie, WY | 108 mi west | 12 | none reliable | Laramie Regional Airport |
| Fort Morgan, CO | 112 mi south | 26 | June to August | November (Grover) |
| Severance, CO | 113 mi southwest | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
How Scottsbluff ranks in NE
Of 16 NE places with 10,000 people or more, Scottsbluff (population 14,323, 13th largest) ranks 16th for painting days, 39 days below the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Kearney, 69 days, 251 miles east. No place in NE has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Western Ne Regional/Heilig Fi (3.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.