When to paint a house exterior in Beloit, WI
When to paint in Beloit, WI
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 10Jun
- 17Jul
- 18Aug
- 13Sep
- 4Oct
- 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 | 16° / 33°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 16° / 38°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 51°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 9 | 37° / 63°F |
| May | 5 | 3 | 14 | 49° / 75°F |
| June | 10 | 7 | 13 | 59° / 85°F |
| July | 17 | 10 | 17 | 63° / 86°F |
| August | 18 | 15 | 19 | 61° / 85°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 19 | 55° / 80°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 14 | 42° / 67°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 30° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 41°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Beloit compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Janesville (96 a year, 11 miles north). 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. Roscoe, Machesney Park, Loves Park, Rockford, Belvidere are read from the same station as Beloit, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Beloit | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe, IL | 7 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Machesney Park, IL | 11 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Janesville, WI | 11 mi north | 96 | June to September | Monroe Municipal Airport |
| Loves Park, IL | 13 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Rockford, IL | 18 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Belvidere, IL | 19 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
How Beloit ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Beloit (population 36,633, 23rd largest) ranks 50th for painting days, right at the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 125 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 Greater Rockford Airport (23.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.