When to paint a house exterior in Steamboat Springs, CO
When to paint in Steamboat Springs, CO
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 July, at about 5 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. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jul, Aug.
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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 | 8° / 30°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 11° / 34°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 44°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 55°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 33° / 65°F |
| June | 1 | 1 | 26 | 41° / 79°F |
| July | 5 | 5 | 28 | 47° / 85°F |
| August | 5 | 5 | 28 | 45° / 83°F |
| September | under 1 | under 1 | 19 | 38° / 77°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 61°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 46°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 10° / 32°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 104 days a year here.
Towns near Steamboat Springs compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Boulder (36 a year, 89 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.
| Place | From Steamboat Springs | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Glenwood Springs, CO | 70 mi southwest | 12 | none reliable | Garfield County Regional Airport |
| Rifle, CO | 82 mi southwest | 12 | none reliable | Garfield County Regional Airport |
| Laramie, WY | 86 mi northeast | 12 | none reliable | Laramie Regional Airport |
| Boulder, CO | 89 mi east | 36 | June to August | Erie Municipal Airport |
| Fort Collins, CO | 92 mi east | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
| Loveland, CO | 93 mi east | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
How Steamboat Springs ranks in CO
Of 53 CO places with 10,000 people or more, Steamboat Springs (population 13,620, 45th largest) ranks 51st for painting days, 24 days below the state median of 36. The longest season in the state is Cañon City, 71 days, 164 miles southeast. The shortest is Glenwood Springs at 12. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 104 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams F (3.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.