When to paint a house exterior in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
When to paint in Cuyahoga Falls, 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
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 13Jun
- 15Jul
- 18Aug
- 16Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 45°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 31° / 54°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 10 | 40° / 65°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 17 | 51° / 76°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 16 | 60° / 83°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 64° / 87°F |
| August | 18 | 14 | 18 | 62° / 86°F |
| September | 16 | 16 | 20 | 57° / 81°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 18 | 46° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 9 | 34° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Cuyahoga Falls compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Hudson (124 a year, 7 miles northeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 76 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. Stow, Akron, Tallmadge are read from the same station as Cuyahoga Falls, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Cuyahoga Falls | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stow, OH | 6 mi east | 82 | June to September | same station |
| Hudson, OH | 7 mi northeast | 124 | May to September | Portage County Airport |
| Akron, OH | 7 mi south | 82 | June to September | same station |
| Tallmadge, OH | 9 mi southeast | 82 | June to September | same station |
| Brecksville, OH | 9 mi north | 76 | June to September | Cleveland-Hopkins Internation |
| Macedonia, OH | 10 mi north | 124 | May to September | Portage County Airport |
How Cuyahoga Falls ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Cuyahoga Falls (population 50,979, 17th largest) ranks 42nd for painting days, 7 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 28 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Akron Fulton International Airport (11 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.