Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Edgewood, NM
A normal year in Edgewood brings about 15 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 6.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.4. That is about 9,200 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 USC00293592, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Edgewood sits 8th for heavy-rain days of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (1.9 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (half built by 1996). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (October 9).
When to clean gutters in Edgewood
The first fall frost comes around October 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 9 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Edgewood rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Edgewood the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.27 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,370 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,730, 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.
Edgewood is dry by national standards, about 15 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 5.27 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in Edgewood
Half the homes in Edgewood were built by 1996, 10% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
91% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in New Mexico
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Edgewood which license or registration they hold in New Mexico, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Edgewood
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1996, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: