When to paint a house exterior in Kent, OH
When to paint in Kent, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 28 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March 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 Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 5Apr
- 15May
- 21Jun
- 28Jul
- 27Aug
- 20Sep
- 7Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 36°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 22° / 41°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 8 | 30° / 49°F |
| April | 5 | 5 | 17 | 39° / 60°F |
| May | 15 | 14 | 27 | 50° / 72°F |
| June | 21 | 20 | 27 | 57° / 78°F |
| July | 28 | 28 | 29 | 63° / 82°F |
| August | 27 | 26 | 28 | 61° / 81°F |
| September | 20 | 19 | 27 | 55° / 75°F |
| October | 7 | 6 | 21 | 45° / 64°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 10 | 33° / 49°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 42°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 76 days a year here.
Towns near Kent compared
3 get fewer, down to 82 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. Ravenna, Streetsboro, Hudson are read from the same station as Kent, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Kent | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallmadge, OH | 4 mi southwest | 82 | June to September | Akron Fulton International Airport |
| Stow, OH | 4 mi northwest | 82 | June to September | Akron Fulton International Airport |
| Ravenna, OH | 6 mi east | 124 | May to September | same station |
| Streetsboro, OH | 6 mi north | 124 | May to September | same station |
| Hudson, OH | 8 mi northwest | 124 | May to September | same station |
| Akron, OH | 10 mi southwest | 82 | June to September | Akron Fulton International Airport |
How Kent ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Kent (population 27,720, 53rd largest) ranks 21st for painting days, 48 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 32 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 76 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Portage County Airport (7.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.