When to paint a house exterior in Grand Island, NE
When to paint in Grand Island, NE
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 9Jun
- 10Jul
- 12Aug
- 10Sep
- 3Oct
- 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 | 16° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 16° / 44°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 28° / 58°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 12 | 36° / 68°F |
| May | 7 | 7 | 14 | 49° / 76°F |
| June | 9 | 5 | 10 | 61° / 90°F |
| July | 10 | 5 | 10 | 64° / 90°F |
| August | 12 | 6 | 13 | 62° / 88°F |
| September | 10 | 10 | 15 | 55° / 85°F |
| October | 3 | 2 | 16 | 40° / 70°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 29° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Grand Island compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Kearney (69 a year, 41 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 48 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 Grand Island | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings, NE | 23 mi south | 68 | August to September | Hastings Municipal Airport |
| Kearney, NE | 41 mi west | 69 | August to September | Kearney Municipal Airport |
| Columbus, NE | 63 mi northeast | 67 | July to September | Columbus Municipal Airport |
| Lexington, NE | 73 mi west | 52 | May to September | Jim Kelly Field Airport |
| Lincoln, NE | 88 mi east | 48 | May to September | Lincoln Municipal Airport |
| Norfolk, NE | 90 mi northeast | 54 | August | Karl Stefan Memorial Airport |
How Grand Island ranks in NE
Of 16 NE places with 10,000 people or more, Grand Island (population 53,250, 4th largest) ranks 12th for painting days, 5 days below the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Kearney, 69 days, 41 miles west. The shortest is Scottsbluff at 19. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Central Nebraska Regional Air (3.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.