When to paint a house exterior in Dover, OH
When to paint in Dover, OH
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August 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
- 12Jun
- 13Jul
- 14Aug
- 11Sep
- 4Oct
- 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° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 46°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 31° / 55°F |
| April | 2 | 1 | 7 | 39° / 66°F |
| May | 7 | 4 | 14 | 50° / 77°F |
| June | 12 | 8 | 15 | 59° / 83°F |
| July | 13 | 9 | 13 | 62° / 87°F |
| August | 14 | 8 | 15 | 60° / 85°F |
| September | 11 | 9 | 17 | 55° / 81°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 14 | 44° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 44 days a year here.
Towns near Dover compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Massillon (74 a year, 18 miles north). 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. New Philadelphia is read from the same station as Dover, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Dover | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Philadelphia, OH | 4 mi southeast | 63 | July to August | same station |
| Massillon, OH | 18 mi north | 74 | June to September | Akron-Canton Regional Airport |
| Canton, OH | 20 mi north | 74 | June to September | Akron-Canton Regional Airport |
| North Canton, OH | 24 mi north | 74 | June to September | Akron-Canton Regional Airport |
| Coshocton, OH | 27 mi southwest | 71 | July to September | Zanesville Municipal Airport |
| Green, OH | 29 mi north | 74 | June to September | Akron-Canton Regional Airport |
How Dover ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Dover (population 12,946, 143rd largest) ranks 166th for painting days, 13 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 73 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 44 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Harry Clever Field Airport (5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.