When to paint a house exterior in Stow, OH
When to paint in Stow, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is June to September, with 4 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April 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, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 9May
- 13Jun
- 15Jul
- 18Aug
- 16Sep
- 6Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 22° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 45°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 31° / 54°F |
| April | 3 | 3 | 10 | 40° / 65°F |
| May | 9 | 7 | 17 | 51° / 76°F |
| June | 13 | 9 | 16 | 60° / 83°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 64° / 87°F |
| August | 18 | 14 | 18 | 62° / 86°F |
| September | 16 | 16 | 20 | 57° / 81°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 18 | 46° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 9 | 34° / 55°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 29° / 45°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 53 days a year here.
Towns near Stow compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Kent (124 a year, 4 miles southeast). 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. Tallmadge, Cuyahoga Falls, Akron are read from the same station as Stow, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Stow | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent, OH | 4 mi southeast | 124 | May to September | Portage County Airport |
| Hudson, OH | 4 mi north | 124 | May to September | Portage County Airport |
| Tallmadge, OH | 5 mi south | 82 | June to September | same station |
| Cuyahoga Falls, OH | 6 mi west | 82 | June to September | same station |
| Streetsboro, OH | 6 mi northeast | 124 | May to September | Portage County Airport |
| Akron, OH | 8 mi southwest | 82 | June to September | same station |
How Stow ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Stow (population 34,101, 45th largest) ranks 43rd for painting days, 7 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 29 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 53 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Akron Fulton International Airport (9.7 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.