When to paint a house exterior in Mahomet, IL
When to paint in Mahomet, IL
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 August, at about 19 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
- 1Mar
- 4Apr
- 10May
- 13Jun
- 16Jul
- 19Aug
- 14Sep
- 6Oct
- 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 | 21° / 36°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 42°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 54°F |
| April | 4 | 3 | 11 | 42° / 65°F |
| May | 10 | 7 | 15 | 55° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 10 | 14 | 63° / 85°F |
| July | 16 | 12 | 16 | 65° / 85°F |
| August | 19 | 15 | 19 | 63° / 84°F |
| September | 14 | 12 | 17 | 58° / 82°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 17 | 46° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34° / 53°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 40 days a year here.
Towns near Mahomet compared
Every one of the 6 closest places lands within three days of Mahomet's 84 a year, so the season here is the regional season. Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul are read from the same station as Mahomet, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Mahomet | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign, IL | 8 mi southeast | 84 | June to September | same station |
| Urbana, IL | 12 mi southeast | 84 | June to September | same station |
| Rantoul, IL | 15 mi northeast | 84 | June to September | same station |
| Bloomington, IL | 36 mi northwest | 84 | June to September | Central Illinois Regional Air |
| Decatur, IL | 37 mi southwest | 82 | June to September | Decatur Airport |
| Normal, IL | 39 mi northwest | 84 | June to September | Central Illinois Regional Air |
How Mahomet ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Mahomet (population 10,619, 216th largest) ranks 50th for painting days, 7 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 120 miles north. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 40 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Universi Of Il Willard Airport (11.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.