Choctaw County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ackerman, MS
A normal year in Ackerman brings about 60 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.1 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 13.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 37,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00220039, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Ackerman falls near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.3 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1978). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 13).
When to clean gutters in Ackerman
The first fall frost comes around November 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 21 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Ackerman rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Ackerman the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.63 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 830 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,670, 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 Ackerman
Half the homes in Ackerman were built by 1978, 53% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
65% of households own their home, and 66% 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 Mississippi
Before hiring in Ackerman, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ackerman
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: