When to paint a house exterior in Mount Vernon, OH
When to paint in Mount Vernon, 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 15 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
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 10Jun
- 13Jul
- 15Aug
- 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 | under 1 | 22° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 46°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 31° / 56°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 9 | 39° / 67°F |
| May | 6 | 4 | 13 | 50° / 77°F |
| June | 10 | 8 | 14 | 58° / 85°F |
| July | 13 | 8 | 13 | 63° / 87°F |
| August | 15 | 11 | 16 | 60° / 85°F |
| September | 10 | 8 | 17 | 55° / 82°F |
| October | 3 | 3 | 14 | 43° / 71°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32° / 57°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Mount Vernon compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in New Albany (76 a year, 26 miles southwest). 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. Newark, Heath are read from the same station as Mount Vernon, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Mount Vernon | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark, OH | 22 mi south | 61 | July to August | same station |
| Heath, OH | 25 mi south | 61 | July to August | same station |
| New Albany, OH | 26 mi southwest | 76 | June to September | Port Columbus International A |
| Mansfield, OH | 27 mi north | 74 | June to September | Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport |
| Pataskala, OH | 28 mi southwest | 76 | June to September | Port Columbus International A |
| Galion, OH | 29 mi northwest | 74 | June to September | Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport |
How Mount Vernon ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Mount Vernon (population 17,329, 110th largest) ranks 169th for painting days, 15 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 97 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 46 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Newark-Heath Airport (25 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.