When to paint a house exterior in Moline, IL
When to paint in Moline, IL
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May 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
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 9Jun
- 15Jul
- 18Aug
- 13Sep
- 5Oct
- 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 | 16° / 35°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 17° / 41°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 30° / 55°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 10 | 39° / 66°F |
| May | 7 | 6 | 15 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 9 | 6 | 10 | 61° / 87°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 64° / 88°F |
| August | 18 | 14 | 18 | 61° / 86°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 18 | 56° / 83°F |
| October | 5 | 4 | 15 | 43° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Moline compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bettendorf (86 a year, 6 miles north). 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. Rock Island, East Moline are read from the same station as Moline, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Moline | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Island, IL | 5 mi west | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Bettendorf, IA | 6 mi north | 86 | June to September | Davenport Municipal Airpt |
| East Moline, IL | 6 mi northeast | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Davenport, IA | 8 mi northwest | 86 | June to September | Davenport Municipal Airpt |
| Clinton, IA | 28 mi northeast | 71 | June to August | Clinton Municipal Airport |
| Muscatine, IA | 30 mi west | 86 | June to September | Davenport Municipal Airpt |
How Moline ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Moline (population 42,442, 36th largest) ranks 199th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 147 miles east. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Quad City International 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+.