When to paint a house exterior in Wichita, KS
When to paint in Wichita, KS
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to October, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 10 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to October, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 6Apr
- 10May
- 5Jun
- 3Jul
- 7Aug
- 10Sep
- 7Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 22° / 48°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 53°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 11 | 36° / 65°F |
| April | 6 | 5 | 17 | 44° / 73°F |
| May | 10 | 7 | 15 | 55° / 79°F |
| June | 5 | 3 | 5 | 66° / 92°F |
| July | 3 | 3 | 3 | 70° / 95°F |
| August | 7 | 3 | 7 | 67° / 93°F |
| September | 10 | 8 | 11 | 61° / 89°F |
| October | 7 | 6 | 19 | 47° / 76°F |
| November | 2 | 1 | 10 | 35° / 62°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 53°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 54 days a year here.
Towns near Wichita compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bel Aire (73 a year, 8 miles northeast). 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 Wichita | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Aire, KS | 8 mi northeast | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
| Haysville, KS | 9 mi south | 72 | September | Mcconnell Air Force Base Airport |
| Derby, KS | 10 mi southeast | 72 | September | Mcconnell Air Force Base Airport |
| Andover, KS | 12 mi east | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
| Newton, KS | 24 mi north | 61 | September | Newton-City-County Airport |
| El Dorado, KS | 28 mi east | 73 | September | Colonel James Jabara Airport |
How Wichita ranks in KS
Of 38 KS places with 10,000 people or more, Wichita (population 400,991, 1st largest) ranks 35th for painting days, 19 days below the state median of 71. The longest season in the state is Pittsburg, 90 days, 146 miles east. The shortest is Dodge City at 35. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 54 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Wichita Eisenhower National (5.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.