Yolo County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in El Macero, CA
A normal year in El Macero brings about 19 inches of rain; on roughly 4 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 11.7 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 0.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 11,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00042294, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, El Macero falls near the middle of the 939 places in California on this site (4.0 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1978). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 507 places in California on this site (December 1).
When to clean gutters in El Macero
The first fall frost comes around December 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 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 El Macero rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In El Macero the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 2.41 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,990 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 5,980, 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 El Macero
Half the homes in El Macero were built by 1978, 56% 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. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
95% of households own their home, and 92% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in California
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in El Macero which license or registration they hold in California, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
In California’s fire hazard severity zones, the 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code (in force January 1, 2026) requires gutters and downspouts of noncombustible material, and gutters fitted with an approved means to keep leaves and debris from collecting (section 504.4). (2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Chapter 5 (UpCodes))
Gutter work in El Macero
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: