Cass County, North Dakota
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fargo, ND
Fargo gets about 26 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 5 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 10.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 16,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00215586, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Fargo ranks 3rd for heavy-rain days of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (5.3 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (half built by 1991). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (October 2).
When to clean gutters in Fargo
The first fall frost comes around October 2 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 4 (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 Fargo rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Fargo the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.08 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,020 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,030, 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 53 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 Fargo
Half the homes in Fargo were built by 1991, 38% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
44% of households own their home, and 35% of homes are detached houses, 9% 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 Fargo, ask which North Dakota license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Fargo
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1991, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: