When to paint a house exterior in Carbondale, IL
When to paint in Carbondale, IL
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 4 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 5Apr
- 13May
- 12Jun
- 10Jul
- 15Aug
- 15Sep
- 8Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 43°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 5 | 29° / 50°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 9 | 38° / 59°F |
| April | 5 | 4 | 13 | 46° / 69°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 17 | 57° / 78°F |
| June | 12 | 10 | 12 | 66° / 87°F |
| July | 10 | 8 | 10 | 69° / 89°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 15 | 66° / 86°F |
| September | 15 | 13 | 18 | 59° / 83°F |
| October | 8 | 8 | 19 | 48° / 72°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 9 | 37° / 58°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 51 days a year here.
Towns near Carbondale compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Herrin (116 a year, 12 miles northeast); 4 get fewer, down to 68 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 Carbondale | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herrin, IL | 12 mi northeast | 116 | May to September | Williamson County Rgnl Airport |
| Marion, IL | 15 mi east | 116 | May to September | Williamson County Rgnl Airport |
| Jackson, MO | 33 mi southwest | 80 | August to September | Cape Girardeau Rgnl Airport |
| Cape Girardeau, MO | 34 mi southwest | 80 | August to September | Cape Girardeau Rgnl Airport |
| Mount Vernon, IL | 44 mi north | 68 | August | Mount Vernon Airport |
| Paducah, KY | 55 mi southeast | 70 | August to October | Barkley Regional Airport |
How Carbondale ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Carbondale (population 22,223, 107th largest) ranks 46th for painting days, 7 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 296 miles north. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 51 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Southern Illinois Airport (4.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.