When to paint a house exterior in Portsmouth, OH
When to paint in Portsmouth, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is August to September, with 3 good months 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 to September, call for quotes in June 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
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 12Jun
- 12Jul
- 14Aug
- 12Sep
- 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 | 25° / 46°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 28° / 52°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 60°F |
| April | 3 | 1 | 12 | 41° / 69°F |
| May | 9 | 4 | 16 | 53° / 79°F |
| June | 12 | 7 | 14 | 61° / 85°F |
| July | 12 | 5 | 12 | 66° / 88°F |
| August | 14 | 7 | 14 | 65° / 87°F |
| September | 12 | 7 | 15 | 59° / 84°F |
| October | 5 | 2 | 16 | 47° / 73°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 35° / 60°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 30° / 52°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Portsmouth compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Washington Court House (73 a year, 60 miles northwest); 2 get fewer, down to 64 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. Ironton is read from the same station as Portsmouth, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Portsmouth | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironton, OH | 21 mi southeast | 69 | August to September | same station |
| Ashland, KY | 26 mi southeast | 72 | August to September | Tri-State/M.J.Fergus |
| Huntington, WV | 37 mi southeast | 72 | August to September | Tri-State/M.J.Fergus |
| Chillicothe, OH | 41 mi north | 64 | July to August | Fairfield County Airport |
| Circleville, OH | 59 mi north | 64 | July to August | Fairfield County Airport |
| Washington Court House, OH | 60 mi northwest | 73 | June to September | Airborne Airpark Airport |
How Portsmouth ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Portsmouth (population 17,489, 107th largest) ranks 139th for painting days, 7 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 210 miles north. 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 Ashland Rgnl (17.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.