When to paint a house exterior in Norfolk, NE
When to paint in Norfolk, NE
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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 8Jun
- 11Jul
- 13Aug
- 10Sep
- 3Oct
- 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 | 13° / 36°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 14° / 41°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 27° / 55°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 9 | 36° / 66°F |
| May | 6 | 4 | 13 | 48° / 76°F |
| June | 8 | 5 | 11 | 59° / 88°F |
| July | 11 | 6 | 11 | 63° / 88°F |
| August | 13 | 8 | 15 | 60° / 87°F |
| September | 10 | 7 | 17 | 54° / 83°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 13 | 39° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 27° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 18° / 42°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Norfolk compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Vermillion (72 a year, 58 miles northeast). 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 Norfolk | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus, NE | 41 mi south | 67 | July to September | Columbus Municipal Airport |
| Vermillion, SD | 58 mi northeast | 72 | July to September | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
| Yankton, SD | 60 mi north | 72 | July to September | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
| South Sioux City, NE | 60 mi northeast | 54 | July to August | Sioux Gateway/Col Bud Day Fie |
| Sioux City, IA | 62 mi northeast | 54 | July to August | Sioux Gateway/Col Bud Day Fie |
| Fremont, NE | 63 mi southeast | 63 | August | Fremont Municipal Airport |
How Norfolk ranks in NE
Of 16 NE places with 10,000 people or more, Norfolk (population 26,162, 7th largest) ranks 11th for painting days, 5 days below the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Kearney, 69 days, 126 miles southwest. The shortest is Scottsbluff at 19. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Karl Stefan Memorial Airport (2.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.