When to paint a house exterior in Hibbing, MN
When to paint in Hibbing, MN
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 8 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.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 1° / 20°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | -1° / 23°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 38°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 49°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 7 | 37° / 66°F |
| June | 4 | 4 | 13 | 47° / 75°F |
| July | 8 | 6 | 18 | 51° / 79°F |
| August | 7 | 5 | 16 | 51° / 76°F |
| September | 3 | 2 | 10 | 45° / 69°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 53°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 37°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 8° / 25°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Hibbing compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bemidji (58 a year, 91 miles west). 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 Hibbing | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Grand Rapids, MN | 30 mi west | 51 | July to August | Grand Rapids/Itasca County-G News |
| Cloquet, MN | 51 mi southeast | 46 | July to August | Duluth International Airport |
| Hermantown, MN | 53 mi southeast | 46 | July to August | Duluth International Airport |
| Duluth, MN | 57 mi southeast | 46 | July to August | Duluth International Airport |
| Superior, WI | 63 mi southeast | 29 | July to August | Richard I Bong Airport |
| Bemidji, MN | 91 mi west | 58 | July to August | Pk Rpds Municipal-Konshok Fd Airport |
How Hibbing ranks in MN
Of 103 MN places with 10,000 people or more, Hibbing (population 15,940, 71st largest) ranks 103rd for painting days, 49 days below the state median of 73. The longest season in the state is Owatonna, 100 days, 229 miles south. No place in MN has a shorter one. 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 Chisholm-Hibbing Airport (5.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.