When to paint a house exterior in Sheridan, WY
When to paint in Sheridan, WY
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 July, at about 4 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 | 12° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 11° / 40°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 52°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 28° / 60°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 12 | 38° / 69°F |
| June | 3 | 1 | 13 | 47° / 83°F |
| July | 4 | 3 | 6 | 53° / 92°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 8 | 51° / 91°F |
| September | 1 | 1 | 15 | 44° / 82°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 31° / 65°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 14° / 42°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near Sheridan compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cody (50 a year, 105 miles west). 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 Sheridan | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Gillette, WY | 81 mi southeast | 23 | July | Gillette-Campbell County. Airport |
| Billings, MT | 103 mi northwest | 38 | June to September | Billings Logan International |
| Cody, WY | 105 mi west | 50 | July to August | Yellowstone Regional Airport |
| Casper, WY | 139 mi south | 12 | none reliable | Natrona County International |
| Riverton, WY | 141 mi southwest | 29 | June to August | Riverton Regional Airport |
| Spearfish, SD | 156 mi east | 37 | June to September | Ellsworth Air Force Base |
How Sheridan ranks in WY
Of 11 WY places with 10,000 people or more, Sheridan (population 19,813, 6th largest) ranks 10th for painting days, 17 days below the state median of 29. The longest season in the state is Cody, 50 days, 105 miles west. The shortest is Jackson at 6. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 56 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Sheridan County Airport (1.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.