Jackson County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Altus, OK
Rain in Altus adds up to about 28 inches in a normal year, with about 7 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 9.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 3.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 17,100 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00340179, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Altus falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (7.4 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 1971). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (November 2).
When to clean gutters in Altus
The first fall frost comes around November 2 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 5 (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 Altus rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Altus the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.14 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,770, 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 Altus
Half the homes in Altus were built by 1971, 68% 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.
56% of households own their home, and 81% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Oklahoma
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Altus which license or registration they hold in Oklahoma, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Altus
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: