When to paint a house exterior in Marquette, MI
When to paint in Marquette, MI
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 13 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June 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, Sep.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 14° / 29°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 11° / 30°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 39°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 48°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 9 | 39° / 63°F |
| June | 5 | 5 | 13 | 47° / 72°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 16 | 55° / 78°F |
| August | 13 | 9 | 17 | 56° / 77°F |
| September | 8 | 6 | 14 | 51° / 73°F |
| October | 2 | 1 | 7 | 40° / 59°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 46°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 21° / 35°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Marquette compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Marinette (67 a year, 102 miles south); 1 gets fewer, down to 36 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 Marquette | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escanaba, MI | 58 mi south | 36 | June to August | Delta County Airport |
| Marinette, WI | 102 mi south | 67 | June to August | Meone-Marinette Twin County Airport |
| Suamico, WI | 136 mi south | 61 | July to August | Austin Straubel International |
| Howard, WI | 141 mi south | 61 | July to August | Austin Straubel International |
| Green Bay, WI | 143 mi south | 61 | July to August | Austin Straubel International |
| Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 144 mi east | 48 | July to August | Sault Ste Marie Municipal/Sasn Fie |
How Marquette ranks in MI
Of 90 MI places with 10,000 people or more, Marquette (population 21,845, 51st largest) ranks 89th for painting days, 30 days below the state median of 70. The longest season in the state is Alpena, 105 days, 216 miles southeast. The shortest is Escanaba at 36. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 41 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Munising Lakeshore (36.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.