When to paint a house exterior in Tipp City, OH
When to paint in Tipp City, 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
- 4Apr
- 8May
- 14Jun
- 15Jul
- 18Aug
- 15Sep
- 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° / 40°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 24° / 46°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 5 | 32° / 56°F |
| April | 4 | 4 | 11 | 41° / 67°F |
| May | 8 | 6 | 14 | 53° / 77°F |
| June | 14 | 10 | 14 | 61° / 85°F |
| July | 15 | 9 | 15 | 65° / 87°F |
| August | 18 | 12 | 18 | 63° / 85°F |
| September | 15 | 11 | 19 | 57° / 82°F |
| October | 6 | 6 | 18 | 46° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 7 | 34° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 46°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 46 days a year here.
Towns near Tipp City compared
1 gets fewer, down to 70 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. Troy, Vandalia, Englewood, Clayton, Dayton are read from the same station as Tipp City, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Tipp City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy, OH | 6 mi north | 81 | June to September | same station |
| Vandalia, OH | 6 mi south | 81 | June to September | same station |
| Huber Heights, OH | 8 mi southeast | 70 | July to September | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Airport |
| Englewood, OH | 9 mi southwest | 81 | June to September | same station |
| Clayton, OH | 10 mi southwest | 81 | June to September | same station |
| Dayton, OH | 12 mi south | 81 | June to September | same station |
How Tipp City ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Tipp City (population 10,596, 170th largest) ranks 55th for painting days, 6 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 179 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 46 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from J.M.Cox Dayton International (4.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.