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When to paint a house exterior in Urbana, OH

When to paint in Urbana, 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.

  1. under 1Jan
  2. under 1Feb
  3. 2Mar
  4. 6Apr
  5. 16May
  6. 19Jun
  7. 22Jul
  8. 18Aug
  9. 17Sep
  10. 9Oct
  11. 2Nov
  12. under 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
Januaryunder 1under 1123° / 35°F
Februaryunder 1under 1324° / 39°F
March22832° / 49°F
April661741° / 60°F
May16162353° / 73°F
June19192161° / 80°F
July22212264° / 83°F
August18161961° / 81°F
September17152257° / 77°F
October992246° / 66°F
November221035° / 51°F
Decemberunder 1under 1431° / 43°F

Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.

Towns near Urbana compared

4 get fewer, down to 62 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, Sidney are read from the same station as Urbana, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom UrbanaPainting days a yearWindowStation
Springfield, OH13 mi south62July to AugustSpringfield-Beckley Municipal
Bellefontaine, OH18 mi north110May to Septembersame station
London, OH22 mi southeast93June to SeptemberBolton Field Airport
Marysville, OH23 mi east93June to SeptemberUnion County Airport
Tipp City, OH25 mi southwest81June to SeptemberJ.M.Cox Dayton International
Sidney, OH25 mi northwest110May to Septembersame station

How Urbana ranks in OH

Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Urbana (population 11,211, 159th largest) ranks 30th for painting days, 34 days above the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 155 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 (18.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.