When to paint a house exterior in Fremont, OH
When to paint in Fremont, 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 29 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 19May
- 26Jun
- 29Jul
- 29Aug
- 27Sep
- 17Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 34°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 38°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 9 | 33° / 45°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 22 | 42° / 55°F |
| May | 19 | 19 | 26 | 54° / 66°F |
| June | 26 | 26 | 26 | 65° / 76°F |
| July | 29 | 29 | 29 | 70° / 81°F |
| August | 29 | 29 | 29 | 69° / 79°F |
| September | 27 | 27 | 27 | 64° / 74°F |
| October | 17 | 17 | 28 | 53° / 64°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 20 | 40° / 51°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 8 | 32° / 41°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 75 days a year here.
Towns near Fremont compared
5 get fewer, down to 74 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. Sandusky is read from the same station as Fremont, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Fremont | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffin, OH | 17 mi south | 74 | June to September | Findlay Airport |
| Fostoria, OH | 20 mi southwest | 74 | June to September | Findlay Airport |
| Sandusky, OH | 22 mi east | 155 | May to October | same station |
| Oregon, OH | 27 mi northwest | 147 | May to October | Toledo |
| Norwalk, OH | 27 mi east | 106 | May to September | Old Women Creek |
| Bowling Green, OH | 28 mi west | 78 | June to September | Metcalf Field Airport |
How Fremont ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Fremont (population 15,814, 116th largest) ranks 18th for painting days, 79 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 84 miles east. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 75 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Marblehead (17.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.