When to paint a house exterior in Lakewood, OH
When to paint in Lakewood, 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
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 12Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 15Sep
- 6Oct
- 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° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 43°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 52°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 8 | 39° / 63°F |
| May | 8 | 8 | 16 | 50° / 74°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 14 | 60° / 82°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 64° / 86°F |
| August | 16 | 12 | 16 | 63° / 84°F |
| September | 15 | 12 | 18 | 58° / 80°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 16 | 47° / 68°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Lakewood compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cleveland (96 a year, 6 miles east). 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. Rocky River, Fairview Park, Brooklyn, Brook Park, Bay Village are read from the same station as Lakewood, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lakewood | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky River, OH | 3 mi west | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Fairview Park, OH | 4 mi southwest | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Brooklyn, OH | 4 mi southeast | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Brook Park, OH | 6 mi south | 76 | June to September | same station |
| Cleveland, OH | 6 mi east | 96 | June to September | Cleveland Burke Lakefnt Airport |
| Bay Village, OH | 7 mi west | 76 | June to September | same station |
How Lakewood ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Lakewood (population 49,517, 18th largest) ranks 75th for painting days, right at the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 16 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 Cleveland-Hopkins Internation (6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.