When to paint a house exterior in Show Low, AZ
When to paint in Show Low, AZ
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is September, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 6 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 Sep.
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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 | 1 | 20° / 53°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 61°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 30° / 67°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 17 | 36° / 77°F |
| May | 3 | 3 | 22 | 44° / 84°F |
| June | 1 | 1 | 4 | 55° / 96°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 63° / 98°F |
| August | 2 | 2 | 2 | 62° / 95°F |
| September | 6 | 4 | 13 | 52° / 90°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 18 | 40° / 78°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 27° / 64°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 54°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 75 days a year here.
Towns near Show Low compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Payson (116 a year, 73 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 Show Low | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Payson, AZ | 73 mi west | 116 | August to October | Payson Airport |
| Safford, AZ | 101 mi south | 26 | October | Safford Regional Airport |
| Apache Junction, AZ | 106 mi southwest | 81 | March to April | Williams Gateway Airport |
| Camp Verde, AZ | 106 mi west | 46 | September | Ernest A. Love Field Airport |
| Fountain Hills, AZ | 108 mi southwest | 102 | March to April | Falcon Field Airport |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 110 mi northwest | 23 | July to August | Flagstaff Pulliam Airport |
How Show Low ranks in AZ
Of 44 AZ places with 10,000 people or more, Show Low (population 12,366, 43rd largest) ranks 44th for painting days, 60 days below the state median of 75. The longest season in the state is Bullhead City, 124 days, 263 miles west. No place in AZ has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 75 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport (65.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.