When to paint a house exterior in Shasta Lake, CA
When to paint in Shasta Lake, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 7Apr
- 12May
- 5Jun
- 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 6Sep
- 6Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 9 | 38° / 61°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 13 | 39° / 65°F |
| March | 2 | 1 | 15 | 42° / 68°F |
| April | 7 | 6 | 20 | 47° / 77°F |
| May | 12 | 10 | 16 | 55° / 86°F |
| June | 5 | 5 | 5 | 63° / 97°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 68° / 103°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 65° / 101°F |
| September | 6 | 5 | 7 | 59° / 95°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 18 | 50° / 84°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 15 | 40° / 68°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 37° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 81 days a year here.
Towns near Shasta Lake compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Chico (99 a year, 70 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 17 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. Redding, Anderson are read from the same station as Shasta Lake, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Shasta Lake | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redding, CA | 7 mi south | 43 | May | same station |
| Anderson, CA | 16 mi south | 43 | May | same station |
| Red Bluff, CA | 36 mi south | 46 | April to May | Red Bluff Municipal Airport |
| Chico, CA | 70 mi southeast | 99 | April to May | Chico Municipal Airport |
| Arcata, CA | 90 mi west | 17 | July | Woodley Island (New 10/94) |
| Oroville, CA | 92 mi southeast | 63 | May | Oroville Municipal Airport |
How Shasta Lake ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Shasta Lake (population 10,244, 374th largest) ranks 353rd for painting days, 85 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 482 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 81 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Redding Municipal Airport (11.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.