When to paint a house exterior in London, OH
When to paint in London, 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 20 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.
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- 11May
- 17Jun
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- 20Aug
- 16Sep
- 5Oct
- 1Nov
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 25° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 44°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 33° / 54°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 12 | 41° / 64°F |
| May | 11 | 9 | 18 | 52° / 74°F |
| June | 17 | 13 | 19 | 61° / 82°F |
| July | 20 | 14 | 20 | 64° / 84°F |
| August | 20 | 18 | 21 | 62° / 82°F |
| September | 16 | 13 | 23 | 56° / 79°F |
| October | 5 | 5 | 18 | 45° / 68°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 53°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 29° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near London compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Urbana (110 a year, 22 miles northwest); 4 get fewer, down to 62 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. Grove City is read from the same station as London, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From London | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilliard, OH | 18 mi northeast | 76 | June to September | Ohio State University Airport |
| Springfield, OH | 19 mi west | 62 | July to August | Springfield-Beckley Municipal |
| Grove City, OH | 20 mi east | 93 | June to September | same station |
| Upper Arlington, OH | 22 mi northeast | 76 | June to September | Ohio State University Airport |
| Dublin, OH | 22 mi northeast | 76 | June to September | Ohio State University Airport |
| Urbana, OH | 22 mi northwest | 110 | May to September | Bellefontaine Regional Airport |
How London ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, London (population 10,743, 168th largest) ranks 34th for painting days, 17 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 155 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Bolton Field Airport (16.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.