When to paint a house exterior in Brookings, SD
When to paint in Brookings, SD
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to September, with 4 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 19 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 6May
- 14Jun
- 19Jul
- 18Aug
- 13Sep
- 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 | 9° / 26°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 10° / 30°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 42°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 7 | 33° / 56°F |
| May | 6 | 5 | 15 | 46° / 70°F |
| June | 14 | 8 | 16 | 59° / 82°F |
| July | 19 | 13 | 19 | 61° / 84°F |
| August | 18 | 14 | 20 | 59° / 80°F |
| September | 13 | 10 | 20 | 53° / 76°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 14 | 38° / 59°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 45°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 32°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Brookings compared
5 get fewer, down to 51 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.
| Place | From Brookings | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown, SD | 46 mi northwest | 69 | June to September | Watertown Municipal Airport |
| Brandon, SD | 50 mi south | 58 | July to August | Joe Foss Field Airport |
| Marshall, MN | 50 mi east | 72 | July to September | Sw Mn Rgnl Mrshl/Ryan Field A |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 53 mi south | 58 | July to August | Joe Foss Field Airport |
| Harrisburg, SD | 60 mi south | 58 | July to August | Joe Foss Field Airport |
| Huron, SD | 70 mi west | 51 | July to August | Huron Regional Airport |
How Brookings ranks in SD
Of 14 SD places with 10,000 people or more, Brookings (population 24,555, 4th largest) ranks 3rd for painting days, 14 days above the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Yankton, 72 days, 102 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 Brookings Municipal Airport (0.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.