When to paint a house exterior in Yucca Valley, CA
When to paint in Yucca Valley, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is April, with 2 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April, call for quotes in February or earlier; a job pushed past April is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Oct, Nov.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 6Mar
- 16Apr
- 11May
- 1Jun
- under 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 4Sep
- 15Oct
- 6Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 19 | 38° / 65°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 21 | 40° / 69°F |
| March | 6 | 2 | 27 | 45° / 74°F |
| April | 16 | 14 | 23 | 53° / 84°F |
| May | 11 | 7 | 13 | 60° / 90°F |
| June | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70° / 102°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 77° / 107°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 75° / 105°F |
| September | 4 | 2 | 4 | 67° / 99°F |
| October | 15 | 9 | 20 | 56° / 87°F |
| November | 6 | 5 | 26 | 43° / 73°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 20 | 37° / 64°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 111 days a year here.
Towns near Yucca Valley compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Desert Hot Springs (88 a year, 13 miles southwest). 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. Twentynine Palms is read from the same station as Yucca Valley, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Yucca Valley | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Hot Springs, CA | 13 mi southwest | 88 | February to March | Palm Springs International Airport |
| Cathedral City, CA | 20 mi south | 88 | February to March | Palm Springs International Airport |
| Twentynine Palms, CA | 20 mi east | 61 | April | same station |
| Palm Springs, CA | 23 mi south | 88 | February to March | Palm Springs International Airport |
| Rancho Mirage, CA | 25 mi south | 88 | February to March | Palm Springs International Airport |
| Palm Desert, CA | 27 mi south | 88 | February to March | Palm Springs International Airport |
How Yucca Valley ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Yucca Valley (population 21,858, 290th largest) ranks 299th for painting days, 67 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 120 miles west. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 111 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Twenty Nine Palms (19 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.