When to paint a house exterior in Quincy, IL
When to paint in Quincy, IL
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 September, at about 18 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
- 2Mar
- 5Apr
- 12May
- 14Jun
- 14Jul
- 17Aug
- 18Sep
- 7Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 23° / 42°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 8 | 35° / 55°F |
| April | 5 | 3 | 13 | 43° / 66°F |
| May | 12 | 9 | 16 | 56° / 76°F |
| June | 14 | 11 | 14 | 65° / 86°F |
| July | 14 | 11 | 14 | 68° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 15 | 17 | 65° / 85°F |
| September | 18 | 16 | 22 | 60° / 82°F |
| October | 7 | 5 | 18 | 47° / 69°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 10 | 35° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Quincy compared
5 get fewer, down to 68 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. Hannibal is read from the same station as Quincy, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Quincy | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal, MO | 15 mi south | 91 | June to September | same station |
| Macomb, IL | 52 mi northeast | 68 | June to August | Macomb Municipal Airport |
| Mexico, MO | 59 mi southwest | 73 | August to September | Columbia Regional Airport |
| Burlington, IA | 62 mi north | 87 | June to September | Se Iowa Regional Airport |
| Jacksonville, IL | 62 mi east | 77 | June to September | Jacksonville Municipal Airport |
| Kirksville, MO | 66 mi west | 80 | June to September | Kirksville Regional Airport |
How Quincy ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Quincy (population 38,786, 44th largest) ranks 13th for painting days, 14 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 233 miles northeast. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Quincy Rgnl-Bldwn Field Airport (9.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.