When to paint a house exterior in Star, ID
When to paint in Star, ID
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 10 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- under 1Apr
- 4May
- 10Jun
- 4Jul
- 6Aug
- 4Sep
- 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 | 1 | 23° / 42°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 49°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 31° / 58°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 36° / 67°F |
| May | 4 | 3 | 21 | 45° / 76°F |
| June | 10 | 6 | 16 | 52° / 86°F |
| July | 4 | 3 | 5 | 58° / 96°F |
| August | 6 | 5 | 9 | 56° / 93°F |
| September | 4 | 4 | 21 | 47° / 83°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 16 | 37° / 68°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 52°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 41°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 84 days a year here.
Towns near Star compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Eagle (60 a year, 4 miles east). 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. Middleton, Caldwell are read from the same station as Star, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Star | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle, ID | 4 mi east | 60 | May to June | Nampa Municipal Airport |
| Middleton, ID | 6 mi west | 29 | June | same station |
| Meridian, ID | 8 mi southeast | 60 | May to June | Nampa Municipal Airport |
| Nampa, ID | 9 mi southwest | 60 | May to June | Nampa Municipal Airport |
| Caldwell, ID | 9 mi southwest | 29 | June | same station |
| Garden City, ID | 10 mi east | 41 | August to September | Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Fd A |
How Star ranks in ID
Of 26 ID places with 10,000 people or more, Star (population 18,208, 16th largest) ranks 18th for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 37. The longest season in the state is Meridian, 60 days, 8 miles southeast. The shortest is Ammon at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 84 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Caldwell Industrial Airport (7.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.