Milam County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cameron, TX
A normal year in Cameron brings about 39 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 11.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.1. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 23,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00411348, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
By heavy-rain days, Cameron falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (12.7 a year). Its housing ranks 192nd oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1973). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Cameron
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 6 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Cameron rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Cameron the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.74 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 820 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,650, 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 Cameron
Half the homes in Cameron were built by 1973, 73% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
55% of households own their home, and 72% 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 Texas
Before hiring in Cameron, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Cameron
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: