When to paint a house exterior in Middletown, OH
When to paint in Middletown, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May 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.
- under 1Jan
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- 2Apr
- 8May
- 12Jun
- 14Jul
- 15Aug
- 12Sep
- 4Oct
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 26° / 48°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 58°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 12 | 41° / 66°F |
| May | 8 | 5 | 17 | 52° / 77°F |
| June | 12 | 5 | 14 | 60° / 84°F |
| July | 14 | 7 | 14 | 65° / 86°F |
| August | 15 | 8 | 16 | 63° / 86°F |
| September | 12 | 8 | 18 | 57° / 82°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 15 | 45° / 70°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 33° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 28° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 52 days a year here.
Towns near Middletown compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Franklin (78 a year, 5 miles northeast). 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. Monroe, Trenton are read from the same station as Middletown, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Middletown | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe, OH | 4 mi south | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Franklin, OH | 5 mi northeast | 78 | June to September | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport |
| Trenton, OH | 6 mi west | 69 | July to September | same station |
| Springboro, OH | 8 mi northeast | 78 | June to September | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport |
| Lebanon, OH | 10 mi southeast | 78 | June to September | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport |
| Miamisburg, OH | 10 mi northeast | 78 | June to September | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport |
How Middletown ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Middletown (population 52,291, 15th largest) ranks 136th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 208 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 52 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Hook Field Municipal Airport (2.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.