When to paint a house exterior in Lincoln, IL
When to paint in Lincoln, IL
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March 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.
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- 16Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 45°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 34° / 55°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 13 | 42° / 66°F |
| May | 13 | 11 | 19 | 55° / 78°F |
| June | 14 | 11 | 14 | 64° / 87°F |
| July | 15 | 12 | 15 | 66° / 87°F |
| August | 16 | 13 | 16 | 64° / 85°F |
| September | 15 | 15 | 20 | 58° / 83°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 16 | 46° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 29° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Lincoln compared
2 get fewer, down to 76 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 Lincoln | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield, IL | 29 mi southwest | 85 | June to September | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport |
| Decatur, IL | 31 mi southeast | 82 | June to September | Decatur Airport |
| Bloomington, IL | 31 mi northeast | 84 | June to September | Central Illinois Regional Air |
| Pekin, IL | 32 mi northwest | 76 | July to September | Greater Peoria Regional Airport |
| Normal, IL | 32 mi northeast | 84 | June to September | Central Illinois Regional Air |
| Morton, IL | 32 mi north | 76 | July to September | Greater Peoria Regional Airport |
How Lincoln ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Lincoln (population 13,047, 185th largest) ranks 51st for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 146 miles northeast. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 46 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Logan County Airport (1.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.