When to paint a house exterior in Salem Lakes, WI
When to paint in Salem Lakes, 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 17 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
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 13Jun
- 17Jul
- 17Aug
- 13Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 32°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 19° / 37°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 4 | 30° / 47°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 9 | 37° / 58°F |
| May | 6 | 6 | 15 | 49° / 71°F |
| June | 13 | 11 | 17 | 59° / 81°F |
| July | 17 | 11 | 18 | 63° / 84°F |
| August | 17 | 14 | 18 | 62° / 83°F |
| September | 13 | 12 | 17 | 57° / 77°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 15 | 45° / 64°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 8 | 34° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Salem Lakes compared
1 gets fewer, down to 65 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. Antioch, Pleasant Prairie are read from the same station as Salem Lakes, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Salem Lakes | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch, IL | 5 mi southeast | 75 | June to September | same station |
| Fox Lake, IL | 8 mi south | 77 | June to September | Waukegan Regional Airport |
| Lindenhurst, IL | 10 mi southeast | 77 | June to September | Waukegan Regional Airport |
| Round Lake Beach, IL | 11 mi south | 77 | June to September | Waukegan Regional Airport |
| Burlington, WI | 12 mi northwest | 65 | June to August | Burlington Municipal Airport |
| Pleasant Prairie, WI | 12 mi east | 75 | June to September | same station |
How Salem Lakes ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Salem Lakes (population 14,302, 66th largest) ranks 48th for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 121 miles north. The shortest is Superior at 29. 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 Kenosha Regional Airport (10.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.