When to paint a house exterior in Xenia, OH
When to paint in Xenia, 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
- under 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 8May
- 12Jun
- 14Jul
- 16Aug
- 13Sep
- 5Oct
- 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 | 22° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 25° / 46°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 56°F |
| April | 2 | 1 | 9 | 40° / 67°F |
| May | 8 | 4 | 14 | 52° / 77°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 14 | 59° / 84°F |
| July | 14 | 6 | 14 | 64° / 87°F |
| August | 16 | 12 | 16 | 62° / 85°F |
| September | 13 | 11 | 18 | 57° / 82°F |
| October | 5 | 3 | 15 | 45° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 56°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 28° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 43 days a year here.
Towns near Xenia compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Kettering (78 a year, 11 miles west). 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. Beavercreek, Fairborn, Riverside, Huber Heights are read from the same station as Xenia, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Xenia | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavercreek, OH | 7 mi northwest | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Fairborn, OH | 9 mi northwest | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Kettering, OH | 11 mi west | 78 | June to September | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport |
| Centerville, OH | 11 mi west | 78 | June to September | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport |
| Riverside, OH | 12 mi northwest | 70 | July to September | same station |
| Huber Heights, OH | 15 mi northwest | 70 | July to September | same station |
How Xenia ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Xenia (population 26,067, 59th largest) ranks 134th for painting days, 6 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 183 miles northeast. 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 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Airport (11.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.