When to paint a house exterior in Superior, WI
When to paint in Superior, WI
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 12 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 Jul, Aug.
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- 12Jul
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 7° / 24°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 6° / 27°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 40°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 48°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 38° / 63°F |
| June | 4 | 3 | 14 | 47° / 72°F |
| July | 12 | 8 | 19 | 54° / 80°F |
| August | 8 | 7 | 14 | 54° / 77°F |
| September | 3 | 3 | 11 | 48° / 71°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 7 | 37° / 56°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 43°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 30°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 50 days a year here.
Towns near Superior compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in North Branch (63 a year, 92 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 23 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.
| Place | From Superior | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth, MN | 6 mi northwest | 46 | July to August | Duluth International Airport |
| Hermantown, MN | 11 mi northwest | 46 | July to August | Duluth International Airport |
| Cloquet, MN | 20 mi west | 46 | July to August | Duluth International Airport |
| Hibbing, MN | 63 mi northwest | 23 | July to August | Chisholm-Hibbing Airport |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 78 mi northwest | 51 | July to August | Grand Rapids/Itasca County-G News |
| North Branch, MN | 92 mi southwest | 63 | June to August | Rush City Regional Airport |
How Superior ranks in WI
Of 98 WI places with 10,000 people or more, Superior (population 26,620, 30th largest) ranks 98th for painting days, 41 days below the state median of 69. The longest season in the state is Appleton, 111 days, 244 miles southeast. No place in WI has a shorter one. 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 Richard I Bong Airport (0.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.