When to paint a house exterior in Ironton, OH
When to paint in Ironton, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June 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.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 12Jun
- 12Jul
- 14Aug
- 12Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 46°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 28° / 52°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 60°F |
| April | 3 | 1 | 12 | 41° / 69°F |
| May | 9 | 4 | 16 | 53° / 79°F |
| June | 12 | 7 | 14 | 61° / 85°F |
| July | 12 | 5 | 12 | 66° / 88°F |
| August | 14 | 7 | 14 | 65° / 87°F |
| September | 12 | 7 | 15 | 59° / 84°F |
| October | 5 | 2 | 16 | 47° / 73°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 60°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Ironton compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Ashland (72 a year, 5 miles south); 3 get fewer, down to 64 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. Portsmouth is read from the same station as Ironton, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Ironton | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland, KY | 5 mi south | 72 | August to September | Tri-State/M.J.Fergus |
| Huntington, WV | 16 mi southeast | 72 | August to September | Tri-State/M.J.Fergus |
| Portsmouth, OH | 21 mi northwest | 69 | August to September | same station |
| St. Albans, WV | 48 mi east | 64 | May to September | Yeager Airport |
| South Charleston, WV | 54 mi east | 64 | May to September | Yeager Airport |
| Charleston, WV | 58 mi east | 64 | May to September | Yeager Airport |
How Ironton ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Ironton (population 10,147, 174th largest) ranks 140th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 220 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 46 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Ashland Rgnl (3.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.