When to paint a house exterior in Owatonna, MN
When to paint in Owatonna, MN
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 July, at about 26 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
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 9May
- 21Jun
- 26Jul
- 22Aug
- 16Sep
- 4Oct
- 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 | 10° / 24°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 12° / 30°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 26° / 44°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 14 | 35° / 58°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 23 | 47° / 70°F |
| June | 21 | 15 | 23 | 59° / 81°F |
| July | 26 | 20 | 27 | 60° / 81°F |
| August | 22 | 16 | 25 | 58° / 79°F |
| September | 16 | 15 | 26 | 52° / 75°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 17 | 39° / 61°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 28° / 46°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 17° / 32°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 65 days a year here.
Towns near Owatonna compared
4 get fewer, down to 73 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 Owatonna | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faribault, MN | 15 mi north | 73 | June to September | Stanton Airfield |
| Northfield, MN | 25 mi north | 73 | June to September | Stanton Airfield |
| Albert Lea, MN | 31 mi south | 99 | June to September | Austin Municipal Airport |
| Austin, MN | 32 mi southeast | 99 | June to September | Austin Municipal Airport |
| Mankato, MN | 37 mi west | 81 | June to September | Mankato Municipal Airport |
| Rochester, MN | 38 mi east | 87 | June to September | St Mary Hospital Heliport |
How Owatonna ranks in MN
Of 103 MN places with 10,000 people or more, Owatonna (population 26,626, 41st largest) ranks 1st for painting days, 28 days above the state median of 73. No place in MN has a longer season. The shortest is Hibbing at 23. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 65 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dodge Center Airport (20.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.