When to paint a house exterior in Stevens Point, WI
When to paint in Stevens Point, WI
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 July, 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 3May
- 8Jun
- 14Jul
- 14Aug
- 7Sep
- 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 | 11° / 25°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 10° / 30°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 43°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32° / 54°F |
| May | 3 | 2 | 11 | 44° / 69°F |
| June | 8 | 4 | 13 | 54° / 78°F |
| July | 14 | 8 | 18 | 58° / 81°F |
| August | 14 | 11 | 18 | 57° / 79°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 15 | 51° / 73°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 7 | 37° / 58°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 46°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 19° / 33°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Stevens Point compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Greenville (111 a year, 52 miles east). 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. Plover is read from the same station as Stevens Point, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Stevens Point | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plover, WI | 4 mi south | 49 | July to August | same station |
| Wisconsin Rapids, WI | 16 mi southwest | 62 | July to August | Alexander Fd S Wood County Airport |
| Weston, WI | 25 mi north | 65 | July to August | Wausau Downtown Airport |
| Wausau, WI | 31 mi north | 65 | July to August | Wausau Downtown Airport |
| Marshfield, WI | 32 mi west | 72 | June to August | Marshfield Municipal Airport |
| Greenville, WI | 52 mi east | 111 | June to September | Outagamie County Rgnl Airport |
How Stevens Point ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Stevens Point (population 26,465, 31st largest) ranks 96th for painting days, 20 days below the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 60 miles east. The shortest is Superior at 29. 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 Stevens Point Municipal Airport (1.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.