Mobile County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Dauphin Island, AL
Rain in Dauphin Island adds up to about 61 inches in a normal year, with about 18 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 18.7 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.6. That is about 37,900 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 USC00012172, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Dauphin Island sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.4 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1993).
When to clean gutters in Dauphin Island
Frost is rare in Dauphin Island, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Dauphin Island rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Dauphin Island the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.28 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 640 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,280, 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 Dauphin Island
Half the homes in Dauphin Island were built by 1993, 29% 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.
98% of households own their home, and 85% 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 Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Dauphin Island what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Dauphin Island
With 18.4 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: