When to paint a house exterior in Sikeston, MO
When to paint in Sikeston, MO
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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
- 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 6Apr
- 12May
- 11Jun
- 9Jul
- 13Aug
- 14Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 45°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 5 | 31° / 51°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 10 | 40° / 61°F |
| April | 6 | 4 | 15 | 48° / 70°F |
| May | 12 | 8 | 16 | 58° / 80°F |
| June | 11 | 9 | 12 | 66° / 88°F |
| July | 9 | 5 | 9 | 70° / 90°F |
| August | 13 | 10 | 13 | 67° / 87°F |
| September | 14 | 12 | 17 | 60° / 85°F |
| October | 9 | 8 | 20 | 48° / 74°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 8 | 38° / 59°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 4 | 33° / 51°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Sikeston compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Union City (112 a year, 43 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 70 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. Cape Girardeau, Jackson are read from the same station as Sikeston, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Sikeston | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Girardeau, MO | 29 mi north | 80 | August to September | same station |
| Jackson, MO | 34 mi north | 80 | August to September | same station |
| Union City, TN | 43 mi southeast | 112 | May to June | Everett-Stewart Airport |
| Poplar Bluff, MO | 46 mi west | 83 | May to June | Poplar Buff Municial Airport |
| Kennett, MO | 51 mi southwest | 86 | September to October | Blytheville Municipal Airport |
| Paducah, KY | 54 mi east | 70 | August to October | Barkley Regional Airport |
How Sikeston ranks in MO
Of 80 MO places with 10,000 people or more, Sikeston (population 16,062, 48th largest) ranks 29th for painting days, 8 days above the state median of 72. The longest season in the state is Branson, 93 days, 206 miles west. The shortest is Moberly at 61. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 50 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cape Girardeau Rgnl Airport (23.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.