When to paint a house exterior in Wenatchee, WA
When to paint in Wenatchee, WA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
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- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 10May
- 14Jun
- 11Jul
- 14Aug
- 16Sep
- 4Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 24° / 35°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 32° / 55°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 18 | 39° / 64°F |
| May | 10 | 7 | 24 | 49° / 76°F |
| June | 14 | 13 | 20 | 55° / 83°F |
| July | 11 | 9 | 11 | 62° / 92°F |
| August | 14 | 12 | 14 | 62° / 90°F |
| September | 16 | 16 | 25 | 52° / 79°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 20 | 41° / 64°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 31° / 47°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 24° / 35°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 75 days a year here.
Towns near Wenatchee compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Snoqualmie (104 a year, 72 miles west); 4 get fewer, down to 27 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. East Wenatchee is read from the same station as Wenatchee, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Wenatchee | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Wenatchee, WA | 2 mi southeast | 71 | August to September | same station |
| Ellensburg, WA | 32 mi south | 43 | June to September | Bowers Field Airport |
| Moses Lake, WA | 54 mi southeast | 41 | May to September | Grant County International Airport |
| Yakima, WA | 59 mi south | 27 | June | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcalsr Fi |
| Snoqualmie, WA | 72 mi west | 104 | May to September | Renton Municipal Airport |
| Sunnyside, WA | 79 mi south | 27 | June | Yakima Air Terminal/Mcalsr Fi |
How Wenatchee ranks in WA
Of 91 WA places with 10,000 people or more, Wenatchee (population 35,401, 34th largest) ranks 46th for painting days, right at the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Seattle, 108 days, 95 miles west. The shortest is Sunnyside at 27. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 75 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Pangborn Memorial Airport (6.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.