When to paint a house exterior in Celina, OH
When to paint in Celina, 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 July, at about 17 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
- 13Jun
- 17Jul
- 16Aug
- 13Sep
- 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 | 21° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 30° / 53°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 8 | 39° / 64°F |
| May | 7 | 7 | 14 | 50° / 75°F |
| June | 13 | 11 | 15 | 60° / 84°F |
| July | 17 | 13 | 17 | 63° / 85°F |
| August | 16 | 11 | 17 | 61° / 84°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 18 | 56° / 80°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 16 | 45° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Celina compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sidney (110 a year, 28 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 70 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. Van Wert, Lima are read from the same station as Celina, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Celina | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Wert, OH | 21 mi north | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Lima, OH | 27 mi northeast | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Decatur, IN | 27 mi northwest | 70 | July to September | Fort Wayne International Airport |
| Sidney, OH | 28 mi southeast | 110 | May to September | Bellefontaine Regional Airport |
| Greenville, OH | 31 mi south | 81 | June to September | J.M.Cox Dayton International |
| Piqua, OH | 33 mi southeast | 81 | June to September | J.M.Cox Dayton International |
How Celina ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Celina (population 10,945, 165th largest) ranks 104th for painting days, right at the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 174 miles northeast. 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 Lima Allen County Airport (29.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.