Scott County, Indiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Austin, IN
Austin gets about 46 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 14 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00122184, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Austin ranks 28th for heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (13.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (half built by 1972). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Austin
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (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 Austin rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Austin the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.31 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 980 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,970, 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 Austin
Half the homes in Austin were built by 1972, 70% 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. 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 72% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Indiana
Before hiring in Austin, ask which Indiana license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Austin
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: