Putnam County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Buffalo, WV
A normal year in Buffalo brings about 39 inches of rain; on roughly 8 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 8.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 24,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00469683, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Buffalo ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (8.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1986). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 30).
When to clean gutters in Buffalo
The first fall frost comes around October 30 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 Buffalo rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Buffalo the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.54 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,100 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,200, 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 Buffalo
Half the homes in Buffalo were built by 1986, 37% 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.
85% of households own their home, and 64% 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 West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Buffalo what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Buffalo
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1986, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: