When to paint a house exterior in Susanville, CA
When to paint in Susanville, CA
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 1 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 | 1 | 21° / 46°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 20° / 50°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 54°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 28° / 63°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 11 | 35° / 72°F |
| June | 1 | under 1 | 16 | 42° / 83°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 10 | 47° / 92°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 13 | 45° / 91°F |
| September | 1 | under 1 | 12 | 37° / 82°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 53°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 69 days a year here.
Towns near Susanville compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Grass Valley (154 a year, 87 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.
| Place | From Susanville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Reno, NV | 74 mi southeast | 28 | June | Reno/Tahoe International Airport |
| Sparks, NV | 77 mi southeast | 28 | June | Reno/Tahoe International Airport |
| Chico, CA | 78 mi southwest | 99 | April to May | Chico Municipal Airport |
| Truckee, CA | 78 mi south | 28 | June | Reno/Tahoe International Airport |
| Oroville, CA | 81 mi southwest | 63 | May | Oroville Municipal Airport |
| Grass Valley, CA | 87 mi south | 154 | May to October | Nevada County Air Park |
How Susanville ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Susanville (population 12,359, 350th largest) ranks 376th for painting days, 124 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 432 miles south. No place in CA has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 69 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Alturas Municipal Airport (73.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.