When to paint a house exterior in Smithfield, UT
When to paint in Smithfield, UT
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 3 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° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 18° / 40°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 53°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 33° / 62°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 15 | 39° / 72°F |
| June | 3 | 3 | 16 | 47° / 86°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 5 | 53° / 94°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 11 | 51° / 91°F |
| September | 2 | 2 | 17 | 42° / 82°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 7 | 32° / 66°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 36°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 69 days a year here.
Towns near Smithfield compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Pleasant View (50 a year, 36 miles south). 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. North Logan, Logan, Hyrum are read from the same station as Smithfield, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Smithfield | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| North Logan, UT | 4 mi south | 11 | none reliable | same station |
| Logan, UT | 7 mi south | 11 | none reliable | same station |
| Hyrum, UT | 14 mi south | 11 | none reliable | same station |
| Tremonton, UT | 20 mi southwest | 41 | May to June | Brigham City Airport |
| Brigham City, UT | 26 mi southwest | 41 | May to June | Brigham City Airport |
| Pleasant View, UT | 36 mi south | 50 | September | Ogden-Hinckley Airport |
How Smithfield ranks in UT
Of 67 UT places with 10,000 people or more, Smithfield (population 15,018, 55th largest) ranks 65th for painting days, 36 days below the state median of 47. The longest season in the state is West Valley City, 78 days, 80 miles south. The shortest is Hyrum at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 69 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Logan-Cache Airport (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+.