When to paint a house exterior in Minot, ND
When to paint in Minot, ND
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to August, with 3 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April 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
- under 1Apr
- 6May
- 12Jun
- 14Jul
- 13Aug
- 8Sep
- 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 | 8° / 25°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 7° / 26°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 20° / 41°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 30° / 55°F |
| May | 6 | 5 | 17 | 44° / 71°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 16 | 55° / 81°F |
| July | 14 | 10 | 15 | 60° / 86°F |
| August | 13 | 10 | 16 | 57° / 85°F |
| September | 8 | 7 | 19 | 49° / 75°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 13 | 36° / 57°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 41°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 11° / 28°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 55 days a year here.
Towns near Minot compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Jamestown (60 a year, 151 miles southeast); 4 get fewer, down to 29 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 Minot | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandan, ND | 99 mi south | 40 | June to August | Bismarck Municipal Airport |
| Bismarck, ND | 101 mi south | 40 | June to August | Bismarck Municipal Airport |
| Williston, ND | 109 mi west | 34 | June to August | Sidney-Richland Municipal Airport |
| Dickinson, ND | 117 mi southwest | 29 | June to August | Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt |
| Jamestown, ND | 151 mi southeast | 60 | June to August | Jamestown Regional Airport |
| Grand Forks, ND | 195 mi east | 59 | July to August | Grand Forks International Air |
How Minot ranks in ND
Of 9 ND places with 10,000 people or more, Minot (population 47,440, 4th largest) ranks 5th for painting days, right at the state median of 56. The longest season in the state is Jamestown, 60 days, 151 miles southeast. The shortest is Dickinson at 29. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 55 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Minot International Airport (1.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.