When to paint a house exterior in Windsor, CA
When to paint in Windsor, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August 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
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 10Jun
- 16Jul
- 17Aug
- 9Sep
- 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 | 3 | 38° / 61°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 37° / 66°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 12 | 39° / 67°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 21 | 42° / 73°F |
| May | 5 | 5 | 24 | 46° / 77°F |
| June | 10 | 10 | 21 | 50° / 85°F |
| July | 16 | 15 | 22 | 51° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 15 | 21 | 52° / 87°F |
| September | 9 | 9 | 18 | 50° / 87°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 19 | 45° / 81°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 38° / 69°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 36° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 122 days a year here.
Towns near Windsor compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rohnert Park (90 a year, 15 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 29 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. Healdsburg, Santa Rosa are read from the same station as Windsor, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Windsor | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healdsburg, CA | 6 mi northwest | 60 | July to August | same station |
| Santa Rosa, CA | 9 mi southeast | 60 | July to August | same station |
| Rohnert Park, CA | 15 mi southeast | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
| Petaluma, CA | 23 mi southeast | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
| Sonoma, CA | 26 mi southeast | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
| Clearlake, CA | 30 mi north | 29 | September | Ukiah Municipal Airport |
How Windsor ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Windsor (population 25,846, 266th largest) ranks 303rd for painting days, 67 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 372 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 122 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Sonoma County Airport (2.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.