When to paint a house exterior in Toledo, OH
When to paint in Toledo, 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 17 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
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- 1Apr
- 8May
- 14Jun
- 16Jul
- 17Aug
- 16Sep
- 6Oct
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 21° / 37°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 42°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 30° / 52°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 10 | 38° / 63°F |
| May | 8 | 7 | 16 | 51° / 75°F |
| June | 14 | 10 | 15 | 61° / 84°F |
| July | 16 | 11 | 16 | 65° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 13 | 17 | 63° / 85°F |
| September | 16 | 14 | 19 | 57° / 80°F |
| October | 6 | 5 | 17 | 46° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 34° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 44°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Toledo compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Oregon (147 a year, 7 miles east); 3 get 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. Perrysburg, Bowling Green are read from the same station as Toledo, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Toledo | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvania, OH | 7 mi northwest | 68 | July to September | Toledo Express Airport |
| Oregon, OH | 7 mi east | 147 | May to October | Toledo |
| Maumee, OH | 8 mi southwest | 68 | July to September | Toledo Express Airport |
| Perrysburg, OH | 9 mi south | 78 | June to September | same station |
| Bowling Green, OH | 20 mi south | 78 | June to September | same station |
| Monroe, MI | 20 mi northeast | 65 | July to August | Custer Airport |
How Toledo ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Toledo (population 265,638, 4th largest) ranks 57th for painting days, 2 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 107 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 Metcalf Field Airport (8.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.