Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ada, OK
Ada gets about 41 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 13 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 12.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.9. That is about 25,700 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00340017, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Ada sits near the middle of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (13.2 a year). By house age it falls 57th oldest by median year built of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 1970). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Ada
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 2 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Ada rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Ada the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.77 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 820 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,640, 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 Ada
Half the homes in Ada were built by 1970, 71% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
45% of households own their home, and 70% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Oklahoma
Ask any contractor working in Ada what Oklahoma requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ada
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: