When to paint a house exterior in Woodstock, IL
When to paint in Woodstock, IL
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to August, with 3 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 19 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 6May
- 12Jun
- 19Jul
- 14Aug
- 9Sep
- 3Oct
- 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 | 16° / 31°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 17° / 36°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 27° / 46°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 58°F |
| May | 6 | 6 | 16 | 47° / 71°F |
| June | 12 | 12 | 17 | 56° / 81°F |
| July | 19 | 18 | 22 | 59° / 82°F |
| August | 14 | 13 | 17 | 58° / 81°F |
| September | 9 | 9 | 18 | 52° / 76°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 11 | 40° / 62°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 4 | 29° / 48°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 24° / 39°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 49 days a year here.
Towns near Woodstock compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cary (80 a year, 12 miles southeast). 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 Woodstock | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake, IL | 7 mi southeast | 80 | June to September | Dupage Airport |
| McHenry, IL | 8 mi east | 77 | June to September | Waukegan Regional Airport |
| Huntley, IL | 10 mi south | 80 | June to September | Dupage Airport |
| Lake in the Hills, IL | 11 mi southeast | 80 | June to September | Dupage Airport |
| Cary, IL | 12 mi southeast | 80 | June to September | Palwaukee Municipal Airport |
| Algonquin, IL | 12 mi southeast | 80 | June to September | Dupage Airport |
How Woodstock ranks in IL
Of 225 IL places with 10,000 people or more, Woodstock (population 25,892, 86th largest) ranks 225th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Chicago, 131 days, 50 miles southeast. No place in IL has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 49 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Burlington Municipal Airport (27.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.