Santa Rosa County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Allentown, FL
Allentown gets about 68 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 22 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 22.1 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 14.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 41,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00085793, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Allentown ranks 16th for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (21.5 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1995). By its first fall frost it sits 2nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 131 places in Florida on this site (November 13).
When to clean gutters in Allentown
The first fall frost comes around November 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 15 (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 Allentown rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Allentown the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.09 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 650 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,300, 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 Allentown
Half the homes in Allentown were built by 1995, 31% 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.
87% of households own their home, and 93% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Florida
Ask any contractor working in Allentown what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Allentown
With 21.5 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: