When to paint a house exterior in Crystal Lake, IL
When to paint in Crystal Lake, IL
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 August, at about 18 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, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 13Jun
- 18Jul
- 18Aug
- 15Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 18° / 32°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 19° / 37°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 30° / 49°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 10 | 39° / 61°F |
| May | 8 | 7 | 15 | 50° / 73°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 16 | 60° / 83°F |
| July | 18 | 12 | 18 | 64° / 85°F |
| August | 18 | 14 | 19 | 62° / 83°F |
| September | 15 | 13 | 19 | 57° / 79°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 15 | 45° / 65°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Crystal Lake compared
2 get fewer, down to 65 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. Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, Huntley are read from the same station as Crystal Lake, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Crystal Lake | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake in the Hills, IL | 4 mi south | 80 | June to September | same station |
| Cary, IL | 5 mi east | 80 | June to September | Palwaukee Municipal Airport |
| Algonquin, IL | 5 mi south | 80 | June to September | same station |
| Huntley, IL | 7 mi southwest | 80 | June to September | same station |
| Woodstock, IL | 7 mi northwest | 65 | June to August | Burlington Municipal Airport |
| McHenry, IL | 7 mi north | 77 | June to September | Waukegan Regional Airport |
How Crystal Lake ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Crystal Lake (population 41,513, 37th largest) ranks 83rd for painting days, 3 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 43 miles southeast. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. 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 Dupage Airport (22.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.