Stark County, North Dakota
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Dickinson, ND
A normal year in Dickinson brings about 18 inches of rain; on roughly 2 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 7.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 1.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 10,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00322188, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Dickinson ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (2.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (half built by 1988). The first frost here ranks 4th earliest for the first fall frost of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (September 22).
When to clean gutters in Dickinson
The first fall frost comes around September 22 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 20 (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 Dickinson rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Dickinson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.07 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,190 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,370, 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.
With about 35 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Dickinson
Half the homes in Dickinson were built by 1988, 38% 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.
58% of households own their home, and 52% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in North Dakota
Before hiring in Dickinson, ask which North Dakota license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Dickinson
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: