Exterior painting in Pacifica

Pacifica's Pacific Northwest weather and your paint

A City planning report says Pacifica's fog and roughly 30 inches of yearly rain reflect a climate more like the Pacific Northwest, with year-round fog in Sharp Park. NOAA's Pacifica 4 SSE station records 31.9 inches of normal precipitation. Paint needs a dry surface going on and dry hours after, so Pacifica jobs are scheduled for the drier months and started once the morning damp is gone.

The City's guide dates Westview's Cape Cod-style homes to the late 1940s, Linda Mar's tracts to the 1950s and 1960s and Park Pacifica to the 1970s, and 82.3% of all units predate 1980. Wood trim on houses that age often has soft spots to repair before paint. Sharp Park and Pedro Point streets are narrow, so tell us where a truck can park when you send photos.

Worth knowing about Pacifica

• A City planning report says Pacifica's fog and roughly 30 inches of yearly rain reflect a climate more like the Pacific Northwest, with year-round fog in Sharp Park.
• The San Andreas Fault, the closest active fault, crosses Pacifica's northeastern tip, and the strongest ground shaking expected in the city would come from it.
• The City's neighborhood guide dates Westview's Cape Cod-style homes to the late 1940s, Linda Mar's tract homes to the 1950s and 1960s, and Park Pacifica's large modern homes to the 1970s.