When to paint a house exterior in Eau Claire, WI
When to paint in Eau Claire, WI
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 4May
- 12Jun
- 17Jul
- 15Aug
- 11Sep
- 3Oct
- 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 | 10° / 26°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 9° / 29°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 44°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 57°F |
| May | 4 | 4 | 14 | 47° / 72°F |
| June | 12 | 7 | 15 | 57° / 81°F |
| July | 17 | 11 | 18 | 60° / 84°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 17 | 59° / 81°F |
| September | 11 | 10 | 18 | 54° / 75°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 12 | 40° / 60°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28° / 45°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 17° / 32°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Eau Claire compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Winona (86 a year, 54 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 58 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. Chippewa Falls is read from the same station as Eau Claire, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Eau Claire | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Falls, WI | 10 mi northeast | 64 | July to August | same station |
| Menomonie, WI | 21 mi west | 62 | June to August | Menomonie Municipal Airport-S |
| Winona, MN | 54 mi south | 86 | June to September | Wioa Municipal-Max Conrad Fd Airport |
| River Falls, WI | 55 mi west | 85 | June to September | South St Paul Municipal-Richard E |
| New Richmond, WI | 56 mi northwest | 58 | July to August | New Richmond Municipal Airport |
| Red Wing, MN | 57 mi west | 73 | June to September | Stanton Airfield |
How Eau Claire ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Eau Claire (population 72,331, 7th largest) ranks 72nd for painting days, 5 days below the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 157 miles east. The shortest is Superior at 29. 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 Chippewa Valley Rgnl Airport (3.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.