When to paint a house exterior in Sidney, OH
When to paint in Sidney, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to September, with 5 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 22 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to September, call for quotes in March 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 Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 2Mar
- 6Apr
- 16May
- 19Jun
- 22Jul
- 18Aug
- 17Sep
- 9Oct
- 2Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 35°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 39°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 8 | 32° / 49°F |
| April | 6 | 6 | 17 | 41° / 60°F |
| May | 16 | 16 | 23 | 53° / 73°F |
| June | 19 | 19 | 21 | 61° / 80°F |
| July | 22 | 21 | 22 | 64° / 83°F |
| August | 18 | 16 | 19 | 61° / 81°F |
| September | 17 | 15 | 22 | 57° / 77°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 22 | 46° / 66°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 10 | 35° / 51°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 31° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Sidney compared
4 get fewer, down to 81 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. Bellefontaine, Urbana are read from the same station as Sidney, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Sidney | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piqua, OH | 11 mi south | 81 | June to September | J.M.Cox Dayton International |
| Troy, OH | 17 mi south | 81 | June to September | J.M.Cox Dayton International |
| Bellefontaine, OH | 22 mi east | 110 | May to September | same station |
| Tipp City, OH | 22 mi south | 81 | June to September | J.M.Cox Dayton International |
| Urbana, OH | 25 mi southeast | 110 | May to September | same station |
| Greenville, OH | 27 mi southwest | 81 | June to September | J.M.Cox Dayton International |
How Sidney ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Sidney (population 20,392, 84th largest) ranks 28th for painting days, 34 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 165 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 59 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Bellefontaine Regional Airport (19.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.