When to paint a house exterior in Escanaba, MI
When to paint in Escanaba, MI
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 12 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- under 1Apr
- 2May
- 7Jun
- 12Jul
- 10Aug
- 5Sep
- 1Oct
- 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 | 12° / 28°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 9° / 30°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 20° / 40°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 49°F |
| May | 2 | 1 | 11 | 39° / 63°F |
| June | 7 | 5 | 17 | 49° / 74°F |
| July | 12 | 6 | 17 | 55° / 79°F |
| August | 10 | 8 | 15 | 54° / 77°F |
| September | 5 | 4 | 12 | 50° / 72°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 8 | 38° / 58°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 45°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 18° / 35°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Escanaba compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Marinette (67 a year, 53 miles southwest). 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 Escanaba | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marinette, WI | 53 mi southwest | 67 | June to August | Meone-Marinette Twin County Airport |
| Marquette, MI | 58 mi north | 40 | August | Munising Lakeshore |
| Suamico, WI | 90 mi southwest | 61 | July to August | Austin Straubel International |
| Howard, WI | 95 mi southwest | 61 | July to August | Austin Straubel International |
| Green Bay, WI | 95 mi southwest | 61 | July to August | Austin Straubel International |
| Bellevue, WI | 98 mi southwest | 61 | July to August | Austin Straubel International |
How Escanaba ranks in MI
Of 90 MI places with 10,000 people or more, Escanaba (population 12,296, 74th largest) ranks 90th for painting days, 33 days below the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Alpena, 105 days, 183 miles east. No place in MI has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Delta County Airport (0.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.