When to paint a house exterior in Sioux Falls, SD
When to paint in Sioux Falls, SD
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 8Jun
- 14Jul
- 15Aug
- 12Sep
- 3Oct
- 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 | 10° / 31°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 11° / 34°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 49°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 62°F |
| May | 5 | 5 | 14 | 47° / 74°F |
| June | 8 | 4 | 11 | 59° / 86°F |
| July | 14 | 10 | 14 | 62° / 88°F |
| August | 15 | 10 | 16 | 60° / 85°F |
| September | 12 | 9 | 18 | 54° / 81°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 13 | 39° / 65°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26° / 50°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 16° / 36°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Sioux Falls compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Vermillion (72 a year, 53 miles south). 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. Harrisburg, Brandon are read from the same station as Sioux Falls, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Sioux Falls | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg, SD | 7 mi south | 58 | July to August | same station |
| Brandon, SD | 8 mi northeast | 58 | July to August | same station |
| Brookings, SD | 53 mi north | 72 | June to September | Brookings Municipal Airport |
| Vermillion, SD | 53 mi south | 72 | July to September | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
| Yankton, SD | 56 mi southwest | 72 | July to September | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
| Worthington, MN | 57 mi east | 70 | June to September | Worthington Municipal Airport |
How Sioux Falls ranks in SD
Of 14 SD places with 10,000 people or more, Sioux Falls (population 209,289, 1st largest) ranks 6th for painting days, right at the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Yankton, 72 days, 56 miles southwest. The shortest is Spearfish at 37. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 41 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Joe Foss Field Airport (2.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.