When to paint a house exterior in Zanesville, OH
When to paint in Zanesville, 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 17 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
- 7May
- 11Jun
- 15Jul
- 17Aug
- 12Sep
- 4Oct
- 1Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 41°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 47°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 32° / 57°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 9 | 40° / 67°F |
| May | 7 | 6 | 14 | 51° / 77°F |
| June | 11 | 6 | 14 | 59° / 83°F |
| July | 15 | 9 | 15 | 63° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 11 | 18 | 61° / 85°F |
| September | 12 | 10 | 17 | 56° / 81°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 15 | 44° / 70°F |
| November | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33° / 57°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 47°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 42 days a year here.
Towns near Zanesville compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Pataskala (76 a year, 38 miles west); 3 get fewer, down to 61 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. Coshocton, Cambridge are read from the same station as Zanesville, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Zanesville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coshocton, OH | 23 mi north | 71 | July to September | same station |
| Cambridge, OH | 23 mi east | 71 | July to September | same station |
| Heath, OH | 23 mi west | 61 | July to August | Newark-Heath Airport |
| Newark, OH | 23 mi west | 61 | July to August | Newark-Heath Airport |
| Lancaster, OH | 35 mi southwest | 64 | July to August | Fairfield County Airport |
| Pataskala, OH | 38 mi west | 76 | June to September | Port Columbus International A |
How Zanesville ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Zanesville (population 24,916, 64th largest) ranks 128th for painting days, 4 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 116 miles north. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 42 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Zanesville Municipal Airport (6.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.