When to paint a house exterior in Franklin, OH
When to paint in Franklin, 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 16 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
- 13Jul
- 16Aug
- 15Sep
- 7Oct
- 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 | 23° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 47°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34° / 57°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 11 | 42° / 67°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 14 | 53° / 77°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 14 | 61° / 85°F |
| July | 13 | 8 | 13 | 66° / 87°F |
| August | 16 | 10 | 16 | 64° / 86°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 18 | 58° / 82°F |
| October | 7 | 5 | 18 | 46° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 30° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Franklin compared
2 get fewer, down to 69 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. Springboro, Miamisburg, West Carrollton, Centerville are read from the same station as Franklin, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Franklin | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springboro, OH | 3 mi east | 78 | June to September | same station |
| Middletown, OH | 5 mi southwest | 69 | July to September | Hook Field Municipal Airport |
| Miamisburg, OH | 5 mi north | 78 | June to September | same station |
| West Carrollton, OH | 8 mi north | 78 | June to September | same station |
| Monroe, OH | 8 mi southwest | 69 | July to September | Hook Field Municipal Airport |
| Centerville, OH | 10 mi northeast | 78 | June to September | same station |
How Franklin ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Franklin (population 11,758, 152nd largest) ranks 66th for painting days, 2 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 203 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 45 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (4.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.