Caddo County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Apache, OK
A normal year in Apache brings about 33 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 10.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 20,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00340260, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Apache falls near the middle of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (10.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 7th oldest by median year built of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 1956). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (November 3).
When to clean gutters in Apache
The first fall frost comes around November 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 3 (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 Apache rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Apache the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 810 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,620, 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 Apache
Half the homes in Apache were built by 1956, 76% 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.
62% of households own their home, and 85% 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 Oklahoma
Before hiring in Apache, ask which Oklahoma license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Apache
With half the homes built by 1956, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: