When to paint a house exterior in Truckee, CA
When to paint in Truckee, CA
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is June, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 7 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 May, Jun, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- under 1Apr
- 6May
- 7Jun
- 3Jul
- 3Aug
- 6Sep
- 2Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 51°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 55°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 8 | 32° / 60°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 17 | 37° / 70°F |
| May | 6 | 6 | 24 | 45° / 77°F |
| June | 7 | 6 | 12 | 55° / 89°F |
| July | 3 | 2 | 3 | 61° / 97°F |
| August | 3 | 3 | 4 | 59° / 95°F |
| September | 6 | 6 | 18 | 50° / 86°F |
| October | 2 | 1 | 19 | 39° / 74°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 29° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 86 days a year here.
Towns near Truckee compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Placerville (156 a year, 54 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 7 a year. 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. Reno, Sparks are read from the same station as Truckee, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Truckee | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno, NV | 23 mi northeast | 28 | June | same station |
| Carson, NV | 28 mi southeast | 45 | June to September | Carson Airport |
| Sparks, NV | 30 mi northeast | 28 | June | same station |
| South Lake Tahoe, CA | 31 mi south | 7 | none reliable | Lake Tahoe Airport |
| Grass Valley, CA | 47 mi west | 154 | May to October | Nevada County Air Park |
| Placerville, CA | 54 mi southwest | 156 | May to October | Placerville Airport |
How Truckee ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Truckee (population 17,240, 315th largest) ranks 371st for painting days, 99 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 353 miles south. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 86 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Reno/Tahoe International Airport (24.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.