When to paint a house exterior in Cambridge, OH
When to paint in Cambridge, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 11Jun
- 15Jul
- 17Aug
- 12Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 47°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 57°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 9 | 40° / 67°F |
| May | 7 | 6 | 14 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 11 | 6 | 14 | 59° / 83°F |
| July | 15 | 9 | 15 | 63° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 11 | 18 | 61° / 85°F |
| September | 12 | 10 | 17 | 56° / 81°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 15 | 44° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 57°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 42 days a year here.
Towns near Cambridge compared
3 get fewer, down to 61 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. Coshocton, Zanesville are read from the same station as Cambridge, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Cambridge | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coshocton, OH | 22 mi northwest | 71 | July to September | same station |
| Zanesville, OH | 23 mi west | 71 | July to September | same station |
| New Philadelphia, OH | 33 mi north | 63 | July to August | Harry Clever Field Airport |
| Dover, OH | 36 mi north | 63 | July to August | Harry Clever Field Airport |
| Marietta, OH | 42 mi south | 69 | July to September | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport |
| Newark, OH | 44 mi west | 61 | July to August | Newark-Heath Airport |
How Cambridge ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Cambridge (population 10,036, 176th largest) ranks 130th for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 109 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 42 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Zanesville Municipal Airport (17.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.