Pima County, Arizona
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Catalina, AZ
A normal year in Catalina brings about 22 inches of rain; on roughly 6 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 8.4 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 2.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 13,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00026119, 13 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Catalina ranks 3rd for heavy-rain days of the 119 places in Arizona on this site (5.6 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 120 places in Arizona on this site (half built by 1995). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 91 places in Arizona on this site (November 11).
When to clean gutters in Catalina
The first fall frost comes around November 11 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 2 (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 Catalina rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Catalina the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.06 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,190 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,380, 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 Catalina
Half the homes in Catalina were built by 1995, 14% 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.
86% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Arizona
Before hiring in Catalina, ask which Arizona license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Catalina
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1995, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: