When to paint a house exterior in Richmond Heights, OH
When to paint in Richmond Heights, OH
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is May to October, with 6 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 30 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to October, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 16May
- 28Jun
- 30Jul
- 30Aug
- 28Sep
- 15Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 25° / 36°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 26° / 39°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 9 | 32° / 46°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 20 | 41° / 55°F |
| May | 16 | 15 | 27 | 52° / 67°F |
| June | 28 | 27 | 28 | 63° / 75°F |
| July | 30 | 29 | 30 | 68° / 79°F |
| August | 30 | 29 | 30 | 67° / 78°F |
| September | 28 | 27 | 29 | 62° / 74°F |
| October | 15 | 13 | 29 | 52° / 65°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 20 | 40° / 52°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 10 | 32° / 42°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 83 days a year here.
Towns near Richmond Heights compared
1 gets fewer, down to 84 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. Euclid, South Euclid, Lyndhurst, Mayfield Heights, East Cleveland are read from the same station as Richmond Heights, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Richmond Heights | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euclid, OH | 2 mi north | 156 | May to October | same station |
| South Euclid, OH | 3 mi south | 156 | May to October | same station |
| Lyndhurst, OH | 3 mi south | 156 | May to October | same station |
| Wickliffe, OH | 4 mi northeast | 84 | June to September | Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal |
| Mayfield Heights, OH | 4 mi southeast | 156 | May to October | same station |
| East Cleveland, OH | 4 mi southwest | 156 | May to October | same station |
How Richmond Heights ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Richmond Heights (population 10,552, 171st largest) ranks 16th for painting days, 80 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 2 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 83 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cleveland (6.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.