St. Charles County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Dardenne Prairie, MO
Dardenne Prairie gets about 44 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 12 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00238805, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Dardenne Prairie ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.2 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 2004). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Dardenne Prairie
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (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 Dardenne Prairie rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Dardenne Prairie the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.49 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,920, 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 Dardenne Prairie
Half the homes in Dardenne Prairie were built by 2004, 4% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
93% of households own their home, and 86% of homes are detached houses, 10% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Missouri
Ask any contractor working in Dardenne Prairie what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Dardenne Prairie
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2004, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: