When to paint a house exterior in Brecksville, OH
When to paint in Brecksville, 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 16 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
- 8May
- 12Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 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 | 23° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 52°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 8 | 39° / 63°F |
| May | 8 | 8 | 16 | 50° / 74°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 14 | 60° / 82°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 64° / 86°F |
| August | 16 | 12 | 16 | 63° / 84°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 18 | 58° / 80°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 16 | 47° / 68°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Brecksville compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Bedford (156 a year, 7 miles northeast). 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. Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, North Royalton are read from the same station as Brecksville, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Brecksville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview Heights, OH | 3 mi west | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Seven Hills, OH | 6 mi northwest | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Macedonia, OH | 6 mi east | 124 | May to September | Portage County Airport |
| North Royalton, OH | 7 mi west | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Bedford, OH | 7 mi northeast | 156 | May to October | Cleveland |
| Maple Heights, OH | 8 mi northeast | 156 | May to October | Cleveland |
How Brecksville ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Brecksville (population 13,951, 127th largest) ranks 91st for painting days, right at the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 20 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cleveland-Hopkins Internation (13.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.