When to paint a house exterior in South Sioux City, NE
When to paint in South Sioux City, NE
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 14 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
- 13Jul
- 14Aug
- 10Sep
- 2Oct
- under 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° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 13° / 38°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 54°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 9 | 36° / 65°F |
| May | 5 | 4 | 13 | 48° / 76°F |
| June | 8 | 4 | 10 | 60° / 88°F |
| July | 13 | 10 | 14 | 62° / 88°F |
| August | 14 | 8 | 15 | 60° / 86°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 18 | 54° / 82°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 12 | 38° / 67°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 26° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 17° / 40°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near South Sioux City compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Vermillion (72 a year, 34 miles northwest). 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. Sioux City, Le Mars are read from the same station as South Sioux City, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From South Sioux City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux City, IA | 3 mi northeast | 54 | July to August | same station |
| Le Mars, IA | 25 mi northeast | 54 | July to August | same station |
| Vermillion, SD | 34 mi northwest | 72 | July to September | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
| Yankton, SD | 58 mi northwest | 72 | July to September | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
| Norfolk, NE | 60 mi southwest | 54 | August | Karl Stefan Memorial Airport |
| Storm Lake, IA | 63 mi east | 56 | July to August | Cherokee Municipal Airport/ |
How South Sioux City ranks in NE
Of 16 NE places with 10,000 people or more, South Sioux City (population 13,910, 14th largest) ranks 10th for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 58. The longest season in the state is Kearney, 69 days, 184 miles southwest. The shortest is Scottsbluff at 19. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Sioux Gateway/Col Bud Day Fie (5.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.