Marion County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Columbia, MS
Columbia gets about 62 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 21 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.2. That is about 38,400 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 USC00221865, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Columbia sits 29th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (20.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 5th oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1965). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 19).
When to clean gutters in Columbia
The first fall frost comes around November 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 5 (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 Columbia rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Columbia the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.76 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 740 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,480, 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 Columbia
Half the homes in Columbia were built by 1965, 79% 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. 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.
58% of households own their home, and 79% 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 Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Columbia what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Columbia
With half the homes built by 1965, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: