When to paint a house exterior in Yuba City, CA
When to paint in Yuba City, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 1 good month a year. The best month is May, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 6Apr
- 14May
- 6Jun
- 2Jul
- 3Aug
- 9Sep
- 7Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 39° / 59°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 39° / 64°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 18 | 43° / 68°F |
| April | 6 | 4 | 23 | 46° / 77°F |
| May | 14 | 12 | 21 | 52° / 85°F |
| June | 6 | 6 | 7 | 58° / 95°F |
| July | 2 | 1 | 2 | 61° / 99°F |
| August | 3 | 2 | 3 | 60° / 97°F |
| September | 9 | 9 | 11 | 56° / 93°F |
| October | 7 | 7 | 23 | 49° / 83°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 16 | 40° / 67°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 37° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 99 days a year here.
Towns near Yuba City compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Grass Valley (154 a year, 32 miles east). 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. Marysville is read from the same station as Yuba City, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Yuba City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marysville, CA | 3 mi northeast | 50 | May | same station |
| Oroville, CA | 26 mi north | 63 | May | Oroville Municipal Airport |
| Lincoln, CA | 26 mi southeast | 71 | May | Lincoln Regional Airport Karl |
| Roseville, CA | 30 mi southeast | 71 | May | Lincoln Regional Airport Karl |
| Rocklin, CA | 31 mi southeast | 71 | May | Lincoln Regional Airport Karl |
| Grass Valley, CA | 32 mi east | 154 | May to October | Nevada County Air Park |
How Yuba City ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Yuba City (population 69,148, 129th largest) ranks 333rd for painting days, 77 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 369 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 99 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Yuba Country Airport (4.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.