When to paint a house exterior in Sterling, CO
When to paint in Sterling, 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 August, 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. 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° / 42°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 17° / 51°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 59°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 31° / 66°F |
| May | 1 | under 1 | 11 | 41° / 72°F |
| June | 5 | 3 | 10 | 52° / 87°F |
| July | 5 | 2 | 5 | 57° / 92°F |
| August | 5 | 3 | 8 | 54° / 91°F |
| September | 4 | 3 | 14 | 47° / 86°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 11 | 34° / 70°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 16° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Sterling compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Severance (30 a year, 88 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.
| Place | From Sterling | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Fort Morgan, CO | 40 mi southwest | 26 | June to August | November (Grover) |
| Evans, CO | 84 mi west | 24 | June | Greeley-Weld County Airport |
| Greeley, CO | 84 mi west | 24 | June | Greeley-Weld County Airport |
| Severance, CO | 88 mi west | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
| Scottsbluff, NE | 90 mi north | 19 | none reliable | Western Ne Regional/Heilig Fi |
| Windsor, CO | 91 mi west | 30 | August to September | Fort Collins Loveland Airport |
How Sterling ranks in CO
Of 53 CO places with 10,000 people or more, Sterling (population 13,114, 47th largest) ranks 48th for painting days, 16 days below the state median of 36. The longest season in the state is Cañon City, 71 days, 185 miles southwest. The shortest is Glenwood Springs at 12. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mike (Haxtun) (16.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.