When to paint a house exterior in Oxford, OH
When to paint in Oxford, 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 Oxford compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Trenton (69 a year, 15 miles east). 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. Hamilton, Fairfield, Harrison, Forest Park are read from the same station as Oxford, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Oxford | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton, OH | 12 mi southeast | 63 | August | same station |
| Trenton, OH | 15 mi east | 69 | July to September | Hook Field Municipal Airport |
| Fairfield, OH | 16 mi southeast | 63 | August | same station |
| Harrison, OH | 17 mi south | 63 | August | same station |
| Forest Park, OH | 19 mi southeast | 63 | August | same station |
| Middletown, OH | 20 mi east | 69 | July to September | Hook Field Municipal Airport |
How Oxford ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Oxford (population 22,585, 75th largest) ranks 160th for painting days, 12 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 222 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 (15.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.