When to paint a house exterior in Rochester, MN
When to paint in Rochester, 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 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
- 2Apr
- 9May
- 15Jun
- 20Jul
- 19Aug
- 16Sep
- 4Oct
- 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 | 12° / 26°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 14° / 30°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 28° / 44°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 12 | 38° / 57°F |
| May | 9 | 8 | 18 | 51° / 71°F |
| June | 15 | 11 | 15 | 61° / 81°F |
| July | 20 | 19 | 20 | 64° / 82°F |
| August | 19 | 16 | 19 | 62° / 80°F |
| September | 16 | 16 | 21 | 56° / 76°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 16 | 42° / 60°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30° / 45°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 33°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Rochester compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Owatonna (100 a year, 38 miles west); 3 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 Rochester | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, MN | 34 mi southwest | 99 | June to September | Austin Municipal Airport |
| Owatonna, MN | 38 mi west | 100 | June to September | Dodge Center Airport |
| Red Wing, MN | 40 mi north | 73 | June to September | Stanton Airfield |
| Winona, MN | 40 mi east | 86 | June to September | Wioa Municipal-Max Conrad Fd Airport |
| Faribault, MN | 44 mi northwest | 73 | June to September | Stanton Airfield |
| Northfield, MN | 46 mi northwest | 73 | June to September | Stanton Airfield |
How Rochester ranks in MN
Of 103 MN places with 10,000 people or more, Rochester (population 123,624, 3rd largest) ranks 4th for painting days, 14 days above the state median of 73. The longest season in the state is Owatonna, 100 days, 38 miles west. The shortest is Hibbing at 23. 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 St Mary Hospital Heliport (0.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.