Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Edmond, OK
A normal year in Edmond brings about 35 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 21,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00340288, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Edmond falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (10.5 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 1992). By first frost it falls 22nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (October 28).
When to clean gutters in Edmond
The first fall frost comes around October 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (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 Edmond rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Edmond the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.59 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 840 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,680, 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 Edmond
Half the homes in Edmond were built by 1992, 27% 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.
71% of households own their home, and 78% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Oklahoma
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Edmond which license or registration they hold in Oklahoma, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Edmond
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1992, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: