Lowndes County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Caledonia, MS
A normal year in Caledonia brings about 58 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00018517, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Caledonia ranks near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1986). By its first fall frost it sits 32nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Caledonia
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 29 (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 Caledonia rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Caledonia the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.47 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 850 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,700, 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 Caledonia
Half the homes in Caledonia were built by 1986, 39% 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.
60% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses, 3% 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 Caledonia what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Caledonia
With 18.5 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: