Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Collinsville, MS
Collinsville gets about 61 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 20 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.0 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.6. That is about 37,600 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00221860, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Collinsville sits 47th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (20.0 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1995). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 12).
When to clean gutters in Collinsville
The first fall frost comes around November 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 16 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Collinsville rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Collinsville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.70 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 830 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,660, 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 Collinsville
Half the homes in Collinsville were built by 1995, 24% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look.
92% 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 Mississippi
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Collinsville which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Collinsville
With 20.0 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: