When to paint a house exterior in Reading, OH
When to paint in Reading, 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 12 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
- 7May
- 11Jun
- 10Jul
- 12Aug
- 12Sep
- 4Oct
- under 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° / 44°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 59°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 9 | 41° / 69°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 14 | 52° / 78°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 13 | 59° / 86°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 64° / 88°F |
| August | 12 | 8 | 13 | 63° / 87°F |
| September | 12 | 10 | 16 | 56° / 83°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 15 | 45° / 72°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 42 days a year here.
Towns near Reading compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sharonville (63 a year, 4 miles north). 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. Blue Ash, Norwood, Montgomery are read from the same station as Reading, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Reading | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ash, OH | 3 mi northeast | 59 | August | same station |
| Sharonville, OH | 4 mi north | 63 | August | Butler County. Regional Airport |
| Norwood, OH | 5 mi south | 59 | August | same station |
| Montgomery, OH | 5 mi east | 59 | August | same station |
| Springdale, OH | 5 mi northwest | 63 | August | Butler County. Regional Airport |
| Forest Park, OH | 7 mi northwest | 63 | August | Butler County. Regional Airport |
How Reading ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Reading (population 10,482, 172nd largest) ranks 176th for painting days, 17 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 224 miles northeast. No place in OH has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 42 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cina Municipal Airport/Lukn Fd Airport (8.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.