PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Euclid, OH

When to paint in Euclid, OH

A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is May to October, with 6 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 30 painting days. Book a painter by March.

If you want the house done in May to October, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past October 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.

  1. under 1Jan
  2. 1Feb
  3. 1Mar
  4. 3Apr
  5. 16May
  6. 28Jun
  7. 30Jul
  8. 30Aug
  9. 28Sep
  10. 15Oct
  11. 4Nov
  12. 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
Januaryunder 1under 1325° / 36°F
February1under 1426° / 39°F
March11932° / 46°F
April332041° / 55°F
May16152752° / 67°F
June28272863° / 75°F
July30293068° / 79°F
August30293067° / 78°F
September28272962° / 74°F
October15132952° / 65°F
November442040° / 52°F
December111032° / 42°F

Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 83 days a year here.

Towns near Euclid compared

2 get fewer, down to 84 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. Richmond Heights, South Euclid, East Cleveland, Lyndhurst are read from the same station as Euclid, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom EuclidPainting days a yearWindowStation
Richmond Heights, OH2 mi south156May to Octobersame station
Wickliffe, OH3 mi east84June to SeptemberWilloughby Lost Nation Municipal
Willowick, OH4 mi northeast84June to SeptemberWilloughby Lost Nation Municipal
South Euclid, OH5 mi south156May to Octobersame station
East Cleveland, OH5 mi southwest156May to Octobersame station
Lyndhurst, OH5 mi south156May to Octobersame station

How Euclid ranks in OH

Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Euclid (population 48,421, 20th largest) ranks 1st for painting days, 80 days above the state median of 76. No place in OH has a longer season. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 83 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Cleveland (7.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.