Whitman County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Colfax, WA
Colfax gets about 20 inches of rain in a normal year, and a day with an inch or more comes once every 2 years or so. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 7.4 inches. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof that is about 12,700 gallons a year, most of it in steady rain rather than downpours.
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NOAA station USC00456789, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Colfax ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (0.9 a year). Its housing ranks 5th oldest by median year built of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1950). By its first fall frost it sits 10th earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (September 29).
When to clean gutters in Colfax
The first fall frost comes around September 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 6 (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 Colfax
With about 33 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 Colfax; 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 Colfax
Half the homes in Colfax were built by 1950, 81% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
66% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Washington
Ask any contractor working in Colfax what Washington requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Colfax
With half the homes built by 1950, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: