When to paint a house exterior in Danville, IL
When to paint in Danville, IL
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 August, at about 16 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, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 8May
- 13Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 11Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 42°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 52°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 11 | 42° / 64°F |
| May | 8 | 6 | 14 | 54° / 76°F |
| June | 13 | 12 | 14 | 63° / 84°F |
| July | 15 | 9 | 15 | 65° / 85°F |
| August | 16 | 11 | 16 | 62° / 83°F |
| September | 11 | 11 | 17 | 57° / 81°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 16 | 46° / 68°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 35° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 29° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Danville compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rantoul (84 a year, 31 miles west). 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 Danville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rantoul, IL | 31 mi west | 84 | June to September | Universi Of Il Willard Airport |
| Urbana, IL | 31 mi west | 84 | June to September | Universi Of Il Willard Airport |
| Champaign, IL | 35 mi west | 84 | June to September | Universi Of Il Willard Airport |
| Crawfordsville, IN | 38 mi east | 69 | July to September | Purdue University Airport |
| Mahomet, IL | 41 mi west | 84 | June to September | Universi Of Il Willard Airport |
| West Lafayette, IN | 42 mi northeast | 69 | July to September | Purdue University Airport |
How Danville ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Danville (population 27,981, 75th largest) ranks 194th for painting days, 5 days below the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 117 miles north. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Vermilion County Airport (4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.