PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Fairborn, OH

When to paint in Fairborn, 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 16 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.

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  4. 2Apr
  5. 8May
  6. 12Jun
  7. 14Jul
  8. 16Aug
  9. 13Sep
  10. 5Oct
  11. 1Nov
  12. under 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
Januaryunder 1under 1under 122° / 41°F
Februaryunder 1under 1125° / 46°F
Marchunder 1under 1432° / 56°F
April21940° / 67°F
May841452° / 77°F
June1291459° / 84°F
July1461464° / 87°F
August16121662° / 85°F
September13111857° / 82°F
October531545° / 70°F
November11533° / 56°F
Decemberunder 1under 1228° / 47°F

Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.

Towns near Fairborn compared

2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Dayton (81 a year, 10 miles west). 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. Beavercreek, Riverside, Huber Heights, Xenia are read from the same station as Fairborn, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom FairbornPainting days a yearWindowStation
Beavercreek, OH5 mi southwest70July to Septembersame station
Riverside, OH6 mi west70July to Septembersame station
Huber Heights, OH7 mi northwest70July to Septembersame station
Xenia, OH9 mi southeast70July to Septembersame station
Dayton, OH10 mi west81June to SeptemberJ.M.Cox Dayton International
Kettering, OH10 mi southwest78June to SeptemberDayton-Wright Brothers Airport

How Fairborn ranks in OH

Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Fairborn (population 35,105, 42nd largest) ranks 133rd for painting days, 6 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 180 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 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Airport (3.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.