When to paint a house exterior in Sylvania, OH
When to paint in Sylvania, OH
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is July to September, with 3 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to September, call for quotes in May 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
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 6May
- 11Jun
- 15Jul
- 16Aug
- 14Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 20° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 42°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29° / 52°F |
| April | 2 | 1 | 8 | 38° / 64°F |
| May | 6 | 5 | 14 | 49° / 76°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 14 | 59° / 85°F |
| July | 15 | 10 | 15 | 63° / 87°F |
| August | 16 | 13 | 16 | 61° / 85°F |
| September | 14 | 11 | 19 | 56° / 81°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 15 | 44° / 69°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 27° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Sylvania compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Oregon (147 a year, 15 miles east); 1 gets fewer, down to 65 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. Maumee is read from the same station as Sylvania, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Sylvania | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toledo, OH | 7 mi southeast | 78 | June to September | Metcalf Field Airport |
| Maumee, OH | 10 mi south | 68 | July to September | same station |
| Perrysburg, OH | 12 mi south | 78 | June to September | Metcalf Field Airport |
| Oregon, OH | 15 mi east | 147 | May to October | Toledo |
| Adrian, MI | 22 mi northwest | 70 | June to August | Adrian Lenawee County Airport |
| Monroe, MI | 22 mi northeast | 65 | July to August | Custer Airport |
How Sylvania ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Sylvania (population 19,102, 94th largest) ranks 143rd for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 113 miles east. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 43 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Toledo Express Airport (9.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.