DeSoto County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Bridgetown, MS
Bridgetown gets about 59 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 18.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00227066, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Bridgetown ranks near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.7 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1995). By its first fall frost it sits 41st earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 6).
When to clean gutters in Bridgetown
The first fall frost comes around November 6 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 26 (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 Bridgetown rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Bridgetown the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.83 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 820 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,630, 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 Bridgetown
Half the homes in Bridgetown were built by 1995, 15% 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.
97% of households own their home, and 98% 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 Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Bridgetown what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Bridgetown
With 18.7 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: