When to paint a house exterior in Beaver Dam, WI
When to paint in Beaver Dam, WI
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to August, with 3 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April 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
- 13Jun
- 18Jul
- 16Aug
- 11Sep
- 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 | 15° / 28°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 16° / 33°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 44°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36° / 56°F |
| May | 5 | 4 | 14 | 48° / 69°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 16 | 57° / 79°F |
| July | 18 | 13 | 19 | 60° / 81°F |
| August | 16 | 13 | 18 | 58° / 79°F |
| September | 11 | 8 | 16 | 54° / 74°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 11 | 42° / 61°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 30° / 47°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 23° / 36°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Beaver Dam compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Fond du Lac (77 a year, 28 miles northeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 55 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. Waupun, Hartford are read from the same station as Beaver Dam, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Beaver Dam | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waupun, WI | 12 mi northeast | 66 | June to August | same station |
| Watertown, WI | 20 mi south | 55 | July to August | Watertown Municipal Airport |
| Hartford, WI | 25 mi southeast | 66 | June to August | same station |
| Windsor, WI | 28 mi southwest | 69 | July to August | Dane County Regional-Truax Field |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 28 mi northeast | 77 | June to September | Fond Du Lac County Airport |
| Sun Prairie, WI | 29 mi southwest | 69 | July to August | Dane County Regional-Truax Field |
How Beaver Dam ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Beaver Dam (population 16,443, 55th largest) ranks 63rd for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 60 miles north. The shortest is Superior at 29. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dodge County Airport (7.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.