When to paint a house exterior in Lancaster, OH
When to paint in Lancaster, OH
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August 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
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 7May
- 11Jun
- 14Jul
- 14Aug
- 10Sep
- 3Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 42°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 24° / 47°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 57°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 8 | 40° / 67°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 14 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 11 | 7 | 15 | 59° / 84°F |
| July | 14 | 8 | 14 | 62° / 86°F |
| August | 14 | 9 | 16 | 60° / 85°F |
| September | 10 | 7 | 18 | 54° / 82°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 13 | 43° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 48°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 45 days a year here.
Towns near Lancaster compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Pickerington (76 a year, 14 miles northwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 61 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. Circleville is read from the same station as Lancaster, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Lancaster | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickerington, OH | 14 mi northwest | 76 | June to September | Port Columbus International A |
| Canal Winchester, OH | 14 mi northwest | 76 | June to September | Port Columbus International A |
| Reynoldsburg, OH | 19 mi northwest | 76 | June to September | Port Columbus International A |
| Circleville, OH | 19 mi southwest | 64 | July to August | same station |
| Pataskala, OH | 21 mi north | 76 | June to September | Port Columbus International A |
| Heath, OH | 22 mi northeast | 61 | July to August | Newark-Heath Airport |
How Lancaster ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Lancaster (population 41,671, 31st largest) ranks 154th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 141 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 Fairfield County Airport (3.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.