Calhoun County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Choccolocco, AL
A normal year in Choccolocco brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 35,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00013775, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Choccolocco falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2002). By first frost it falls 22nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 31).
When to clean gutters in Choccolocco
The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 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 Choccolocco rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Choccolocco the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.96 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,810, 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 Choccolocco
Half the homes in Choccolocco were built by 2002, 8% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
84% of households own their home, and 77% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Alabama
Before hiring in Choccolocco, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Choccolocco
With 18.0 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: