Knox County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Abingdon, IL
A normal year in Abingdon brings about 41 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 25,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00114780, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Abingdon ranks 136th for heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (10.8 a year). Its housing ranks 51st oldest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1952). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Abingdon
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 21 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Abingdon rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Abingdon the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.85 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 920 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,830, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Abingdon
Half the homes in Abingdon were built by 1952, 97% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
70% of households own their home, and 90% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Illinois
Before hiring in Abingdon, ask which Illinois license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Abingdon
With half the homes built by 1952, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: