When to paint a house exterior in St. Joseph, MO
When to paint in St. Joseph, MO
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to September, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 4Apr
- 9May
- 9Jun
- 11Jul
- 14Aug
- 14Sep
- 6Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 21° / 45°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 9 | 34° / 58°F |
| April | 4 | 4 | 14 | 42° / 68°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 14 | 55° / 77°F |
| June | 9 | 5 | 9 | 65° / 88°F |
| July | 11 | 7 | 11 | 68° / 88°F |
| August | 14 | 11 | 14 | 65° / 86°F |
| September | 14 | 13 | 18 | 58° / 83°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 17 | 45° / 70°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 8 | 33° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near St. Joseph compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Gladstone (86 a year, 40 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. Atchison is read from the same station as St. Joseph, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From St. Joseph | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison, KS | 22 mi southwest | 71 | August to September | same station |
| Smithville, MO | 28 mi southeast | 71 | August to September | Kansas City International Air |
| Leavenworth, KS | 31 mi south | 71 | August to September | Kansas City International Air |
| Lansing, KS | 36 mi south | 71 | August to September | Kansas City International Air |
| Kearney, MO | 37 mi southeast | 71 | August to September | Kansas City International Air |
| Gladstone, MO | 40 mi south | 86 | May | C.R. Wheeler Downtown Airport |
How St. Joseph ranks in MO
Of 80 MO places with 10,000 people or more, St. Joseph (population 71,098, 9th largest) ranks 64th for painting days, 1 day below the state median of 72. The longest season in the state is Branson, 93 days, 233 miles south. The shortest is Moberly at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Rosecrans Memorial Airport (5.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.