When to paint a house exterior in Spokane, WA
When to paint in Spokane, WA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June to September, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 10 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- under 1Apr
- 5May
- 10Jun
- 10Jul
- 10Aug
- 7Sep
- 1Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 26° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 44°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 54°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 36° / 62°F |
| May | 5 | 2 | 20 | 45° / 74°F |
| June | 10 | 7 | 17 | 51° / 82°F |
| July | 10 | 7 | 11 | 57° / 91°F |
| August | 10 | 8 | 13 | 56° / 90°F |
| September | 7 | 6 | 21 | 48° / 79°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 14 | 38° / 64°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 31° / 48°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 39°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 71 days a year here.
Towns near Spokane compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Airway Heights (58 a year, 7 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. Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake are read from the same station as Spokane, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Spokane | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airway Heights, WA | 7 mi west | 58 | July to August | Spokane International Airport |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 9 mi east | 42 | June to September | same station |
| Cheney, WA | 14 mi southwest | 58 | July to August | Spokane International Airport |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 15 mi east | 42 | June to September | same station |
| Post Falls, ID | 23 mi east | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
| Rathdrum, ID | 27 mi east | 45 | June to September | Coeur D'Alene Air Term Airport |
How Spokane ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Spokane (population 230,609, 2nd largest) ranks 69th for painting days, 29 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 229 miles west. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 71 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Felts Field Airport (5.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.