When to paint a house exterior in Hartford, WI
When to paint in Hartford, WI
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 July, at about 18 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 13Jun
- 18Jul
- 16Aug
- 11Sep
- 2Oct
- 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 | 15° / 28°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 16° / 33°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 44°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 8 | 36° / 56°F |
| May | 5 | 4 | 14 | 48° / 69°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 16 | 57° / 79°F |
| July | 18 | 13 | 19 | 60° / 81°F |
| August | 16 | 13 | 18 | 58° / 79°F |
| September | 11 | 8 | 16 | 54° / 74°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 11 | 42° / 61°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 30° / 47°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 23° / 36°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Hartford compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Lisbon (77 a year, 13 miles southeast); 2 get fewer, down to 55 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. West Bend is read from the same station as Hartford, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Hartford | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield, WI | 9 mi southeast | 55 | July to August | Watertown Municipal Airport |
| West Bend, WI | 12 mi northeast | 66 | June to August | same station |
| Lisbon, WI | 13 mi southeast | 77 | June to September | General Mitchell Internationa |
| Germantown, WI | 14 mi southeast | 77 | June to September | General Mitchell Internationa |
| Sussex, WI | 15 mi southeast | 77 | June to September | General Mitchell Internationa |
| Hartland, WI | 15 mi south | 55 | July to August | Watertown Municipal Airport |
How Hartford ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Hartford (population 15,984, 59th largest) ranks 64th for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 66 miles north. The shortest is Superior at 29. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dodge County Airport (17.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.