Lee County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cape Coral, FL
A normal year in Cape Coral brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 29.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00012835, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Cape Coral ranks 142nd for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (18.1 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1999).
When to clean gutters in Cape Coral
Frost is rare in Cape Coral, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Cape Coral rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Cape Coral the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.04 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 720 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,430, 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 Cape Coral
Half the homes in Cape Coral were built by 1999, 16% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
78% of households own their home, and 79% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Florida
Before hiring in Cape Coral, ask which Florida license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Cape Coral
With 18.1 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: