When to paint a house exterior in Wilmette, IL
When to paint in Wilmette, IL
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to September, with 4 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
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- 2Apr
- 8May
- 14Jun
- 16Jul
- 18Aug
- 16Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 21° / 38°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 31° / 49°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 11 | 40° / 60°F |
| May | 8 | 7 | 15 | 51° / 72°F |
| June | 14 | 11 | 15 | 61° / 82°F |
| July | 16 | 10 | 16 | 66° / 85°F |
| August | 18 | 15 | 18 | 65° / 84°F |
| September | 16 | 13 | 18 | 60° / 78°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 16 | 47° / 65°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 9 | 35° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 41°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 48 days a year here.
Towns near Wilmette compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Evanston (124 a year, 3 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 77 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. Winnetka, Skokie, Morton Grove, Glenview are read from the same station as Wilmette, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Wilmette | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnetka, IL | 2 mi north | 80 | June to September | same station |
| Evanston, IL | 3 mi southeast | 124 | June to October | Chicago |
| Skokie, IL | 3 mi south | 80 | June to September | same station |
| Morton Grove, IL | 4 mi southwest | 80 | June to September | same station |
| Lincolnwood, IL | 5 mi south | 77 | June to September | Chicago O'Hare International |
| Glenview, IL | 5 mi west | 80 | June to September | same station |
How Wilmette ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Wilmette (population 27,443, 76th largest) ranks 68th for painting days, 3 days above the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 17 miles south. The shortest is Woodstock at 65. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 48 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Palwaukee Municipal Airport (9.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.