When to paint a house exterior in Hannibal, MO
When to paint in Hannibal, MO
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 September, 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
- 2Mar
- 5Apr
- 12May
- 14Jun
- 14Jul
- 17Aug
- 18Sep
- 7Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 23° / 42°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 8 | 35° / 55°F |
| April | 5 | 3 | 13 | 43° / 66°F |
| May | 12 | 9 | 16 | 56° / 76°F |
| June | 14 | 11 | 14 | 65° / 86°F |
| July | 14 | 11 | 14 | 68° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 15 | 17 | 65° / 85°F |
| September | 18 | 16 | 22 | 60° / 82°F |
| October | 7 | 5 | 18 | 47° / 69°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 10 | 35° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Hannibal compared
5 get fewer, down to 61 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. Quincy is read from the same station as Hannibal, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hannibal | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy, IL | 15 mi north | 91 | June to September | same station |
| Mexico, MO | 46 mi southwest | 73 | August to September | Columbia Regional Airport |
| Troy, MO | 56 mi southeast | 71 | August to September | Spirit Of St Louis Airport |
| Moberly, MO | 59 mi west | 61 | August to October | Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport |
| Jacksonville, IL | 62 mi east | 77 | June to September | Jacksonville Municipal Airport |
| Macomb, IL | 65 mi northeast | 68 | June to August | Macomb Municipal Airport |
How Hannibal ranks in MO
Of 80 MO places with 10,000 people or more, Hannibal (population 16,809, 46th largest) ranks 2nd for painting days, 19 days above the state median of 72. The longest season in the state is Branson, 93 days, 238 miles southwest. The shortest is Moberly at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Quincy Rgnl-Bldwn Field Airport (19 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.