When to paint a house exterior in Aberdeen, SD
When to paint in Aberdeen, SD
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June 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
- under 1Apr
- 4May
- 8Jun
- 11Jul
- 13Aug
- 8Sep
- 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 | under 1 | 5° / 28°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 5° / 31°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 45°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 30° / 59°F |
| May | 4 | 4 | 15 | 44° / 74°F |
| June | 8 | 4 | 12 | 56° / 87°F |
| July | 11 | 8 | 13 | 59° / 88°F |
| August | 13 | 10 | 16 | 56° / 85°F |
| September | 8 | 7 | 18 | 49° / 80°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 10 | 34° / 64°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 21° / 48°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 10° / 33°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Aberdeen compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Brookings (72 a year, 115 miles southeast). 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 Aberdeen | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown, SD | 75 mi southeast | 69 | June to September | Watertown Municipal Airport |
| Huron, SD | 77 mi south | 51 | July to August | Huron Regional Airport |
| Jamestown, ND | 100 mi north | 60 | June to August | Jamestown Regional Airport |
| Brookings, SD | 115 mi southeast | 72 | June to September | Brookings Municipal Airport |
| Pierre, SD | 118 mi southwest | 48 | May to September | Pierre Regional Airport |
| West Fargo, ND | 122 mi northeast | 57 | July to August | Hector International Airport |
How Aberdeen ranks in SD
Of 14 SD places with 10,000 people or more, Aberdeen (population 27,919, 3rd largest) ranks 11th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Yankton, 72 days, 186 miles south. The shortest is Spearfish at 37. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 45 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Aberdeen Regional Airport (3.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.