When to paint a house exterior in Le Mars, IA
When to paint in Le Mars, IA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 14 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 8Jun
- 13Jul
- 14Aug
- 10Sep
- 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 | 12° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 13° / 38°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 54°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 9 | 36° / 65°F |
| May | 5 | 4 | 13 | 48° / 76°F |
| June | 8 | 4 | 10 | 60° / 88°F |
| July | 13 | 10 | 14 | 62° / 88°F |
| August | 14 | 8 | 15 | 60° / 86°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 18 | 54° / 82°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 12 | 38° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 17° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Le Mars compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Vermillion (72 a year, 38 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. Sioux City, South Sioux City are read from the same station as Le Mars, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Le Mars | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux City, IA | 23 mi southwest | 54 | July to August | same station |
| South Sioux City, NE | 25 mi southwest | 54 | July to August | same station |
| Vermillion, SD | 38 mi west | 72 | July to September | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
| Storm Lake, IA | 51 mi east | 56 | July to August | Cherokee Municipal Airport/ |
| Harrisburg, SD | 53 mi northwest | 58 | July to August | Joe Foss Field Airport |
| Spencer, IA | 57 mi northeast | 65 | July to August | Spencer Municipal Airport |
How Le Mars ranks in IA
Of 41 IA places with 10,000 people or more, Le Mars (population 10,674, 39th largest) ranks 41st for painting days, 18 days below the state median of 72. The longest season in the state is Council Bluffs, 118 days, 108 miles south. No place in IA has a shorter one. 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 Sioux Gateway/Col Bud Day Fie (28.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.