Panola County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Courtland, MS
Courtland gets about 55 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00222773, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Courtland ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (17.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1989). By its first fall frost it sits 15th earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 2).
When to clean gutters in Courtland
The first fall frost comes around November 2 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 28 (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.
Gutter and downspout size for Courtland rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Courtland the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.41 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 860 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,710, 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 Courtland
Half the homes in Courtland were built by 1989, 36% 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.
76% of households own their home, and 55% of homes are detached houses, 2% 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 Courtland what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Courtland
With 17.2 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: