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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cactus, TX

A normal year in Cactus brings about 18 inches of rain; on roughly 4 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 8.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 1.5. That is about 11,000 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.

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Cactus: rain and roofs

NOAA station USC00412617, 12 mi
17.7 in
Rain in a normal year, Cactus
NOAA normal, DUMAS
3.7
Days with an inch or more
a year
11,000 gal
Water off 1,000 sq ft of roof in Cactus
0.62 gal per sq ft per inch
7.01 in/hr
5-minute downpour, once in 10 years
NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11
Oct 24
First fall frost
median date
1994
Median year homes were built
ACS 2020–2024
32%
Homes built before 1980
ACS 2020–2024
Winter1.5 in
Spring4.3 in
Summer8.0 in
Fall4.0 in

Bars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).

Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Cactus sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (3.7 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1994). By its first fall frost it sits 10th earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (October 24).

When to clean gutters in Cactus

The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 21 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.

When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.

Gutter and downspout size for Cactus rain

The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Cactus the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.01 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,030 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,050, 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 Cactus

Half the homes in Cactus were built by 1994, 32% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look.

44% of households own their home, and 11% 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 Texas

Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Cactus which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor

Gutter work in Cactus

In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1994, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it:

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