When to paint a house exterior in Ashland, OH
When to paint in Ashland, OH
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
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 12Jun
- 16Jul
- 18Aug
- 13Sep
- 5Oct
- 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 | 20° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 29° / 52°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 7 | 38° / 64°F |
| May | 7 | 6 | 14 | 50° / 75°F |
| June | 12 | 10 | 15 | 58° / 82°F |
| July | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62° / 85°F |
| August | 18 | 13 | 18 | 61° / 84°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 18 | 56° / 79°F |
| October | 5 | 4 | 15 | 44° / 67°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 53°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 41 days a year here.
Towns near Ashland compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Norwalk (106 a year, 30 miles northwest); 3 get fewer, down to 65 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. Mansfield, Galion are read from the same station as Ashland, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Ashland | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield, OH | 13 mi southwest | 74 | June to September | same station |
| Wooster, OH | 20 mi east | 65 | July to August | Wayne County Airport |
| Galion, OH | 26 mi west | 74 | June to September | same station |
| Medina, OH | 30 mi northeast | 65 | July to August | Wayne County Airport |
| Norwalk, OH | 30 mi northwest | 106 | May to September | Old Women Creek |
| Wadsworth, OH | 32 mi east | 65 | July to August | Wayne County Airport |
How Ashland ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Ashland (population 18,770, 95th largest) ranks 123rd for painting days, 2 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 65 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 41 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport (11.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.