Hancock County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Diamondhead, MS
A normal year in Diamondhead brings about 66 inches of rain; on roughly 21 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 20.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 40,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
Call (866) 228-6229 free call to a gutter contractor serving DiamondheadDiamondhead: rain and roofs
NOAA station USC00228413, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Diamondhead falls 20th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (21.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1996). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (December 3).
When to clean gutters in Diamondhead
The first fall frost comes around December 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 21 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Diamondhead rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Diamondhead the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.85 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 660 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,330, 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 Diamondhead
Half the homes in Diamondhead were built by 1996, 19% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
89% of households own their home, and 91% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Diamondhead, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Diamondhead
With 21.0 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: