Stevens County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Chewelah, WA
A normal year in Chewelah brings about 20 inches of rain; on roughly 1 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 6.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 12,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00451630, 22 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Chewelah falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (1.0 a year). By house age it falls 71st oldest by median year built of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1975). The first frost here ranks 5th earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (September 15).
When to clean gutters in Chewelah
The first fall frost comes around September 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 16 (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.
Weather and gutters in Chewelah
With about 43 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Chewelah; NOAA plans published Atlas 15 estimates for the lower 48 states no earlier than September 2027. Here gutters are sized from the roof and the local building department’s design rate.
The houses in Chewelah
Half the homes in Chewelah were built by 1975, 59% 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.
68% of households own their home, and 71% 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 Washington
Before hiring in Chewelah, ask which Washington license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Chewelah
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: