When to paint a house exterior in Racine, WI
When to paint in Racine, WI
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 20 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
- 1Apr
- 7May
- 15Jun
- 20Jul
- 19Aug
- 16Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 32°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 20° / 36°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 45°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 10 | 37° / 56°F |
| May | 7 | 6 | 16 | 48° / 67°F |
| June | 15 | 13 | 17 | 58° / 78°F |
| July | 20 | 12 | 20 | 65° / 82°F |
| August | 19 | 16 | 19 | 64° / 81°F |
| September | 16 | 14 | 18 | 59° / 75°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 16 | 46° / 63°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 34° / 49°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 39°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Racine compared
4 get fewer, down to 75 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. Mount Pleasant, Caledonia are read from the same station as Racine, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Racine | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant, WI | 4 mi west | 84 | June to September | same station |
| Caledonia, WI | 6 mi northwest | 84 | June to September | same station |
| Kenosha, WI | 10 mi south | 75 | June to September | Kenosha Regional Airport |
| Oak Creek, WI | 11 mi north | 77 | June to September | General Mitchell Internationa |
| South Milwaukee, WI | 13 mi north | 77 | June to September | General Mitchell Internationa |
| Pleasant Prairie, WI | 14 mi south | 75 | June to September | Kenosha Regional Airport |
How Racine ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Racine (population 78,057, 5th largest) ranks 12th for painting days, 15 days above the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 111 miles north. The shortest is Superior at 29. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from John H Batten Airport (2.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.