When to paint a house exterior in Williston, ND
When to paint in Williston, ND
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June to August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 9 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to August, call for quotes in April 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.
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- 2May
- 9Jun
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- 9Aug
- 4Sep
- 1Oct
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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 | 9° / 30°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 8° / 32°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 46°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 29° / 58°F |
| May | 2 | 1 | 16 | 41° / 71°F |
| June | 9 | 5 | 17 | 51° / 83°F |
| July | 9 | 4 | 11 | 57° / 88°F |
| August | 9 | 7 | 14 | 54° / 88°F |
| September | 4 | 2 | 18 | 46° / 78°F |
| October | 1 | 1 | 8 | 32° / 60°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 43°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 10° / 33°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 58 days a year here.
Towns near Williston compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Jamestown (60 a year, 247 miles east); 1 gets fewer, down to 29 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 Williston | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson, ND | 98 mi southeast | 29 | June to August | Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt |
| Minot, ND | 109 mi east | 56 | June to August | Minot International Airport |
| Mandan, ND | 160 mi southeast | 40 | June to August | Bismarck Municipal Airport |
| Bismarck, ND | 165 mi southeast | 40 | June to August | Bismarck Municipal Airport |
| Jamestown, ND | 247 mi east | 60 | June to August | Jamestown Regional Airport |
| Spearfish, SD | 256 mi south | 37 | June to September | Ellsworth Air Force Base |
How Williston ranks in ND
Of 9 ND places with 10,000 people or more, Williston (population 28,821, 6th largest) ranks 8th for painting days, 21 days below the state median of 56. The longest season in the state is Jamestown, 60 days, 247 miles east. The shortest is Dickinson at 29. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 58 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Sidney-Richland Municipal Airport (40.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.