When to paint a house exterior in Mason, OH
When to paint in Mason, OH
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month 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, call for quotes in June 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
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 10Jun
- 11Jul
- 14Aug
- 11Sep
- 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 | 23° / 43°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 25° / 49°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32° / 59°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 10 | 40° / 69°F |
| May | 8 | 5 | 15 | 52° / 78°F |
| June | 10 | 7 | 13 | 59° / 86°F |
| July | 11 | 8 | 11 | 64° / 89°F |
| August | 14 | 10 | 15 | 62° / 87°F |
| September | 11 | 9 | 16 | 56° / 83°F |
| October | 5 | 3 | 15 | 43° / 72°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 49°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Mason compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Lebanon (78 a year, 6 miles northeast); 3 get fewer, down to 59 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. Sharonville is read from the same station as Mason, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Mason | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon, OH | 6 mi northeast | 78 | June to September | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport |
| Loveland, OH | 7 mi south | 59 | August | Cina Municipal Airport/Lukn Fd Airport |
| Monroe, OH | 7 mi northwest | 69 | July to September | Hook Field Municipal Airport |
| Montgomery, OH | 8 mi south | 59 | August | Cina Municipal Airport/Lukn Fd Airport |
| Sharonville, OH | 8 mi southwest | 63 | August | same station |
| Blue Ash, OH | 9 mi southwest | 59 | August | Cina Municipal Airport/Lukn Fd Airport |
How Mason ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Mason (population 36,046, 38th largest) ranks 159th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 212 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 Butler County. Regional Airport (12.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.