Baldwin County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Foley, AL
Foley gets about 69 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 22 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 23.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 15.0. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 42,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00016988, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Foley ranks 14th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (21.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2004). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Foley
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 5 (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 Foley rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Foley the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.15 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 650 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,290, 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 Foley
Half the homes in Foley were built by 2004, 15% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
75% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Alabama
Before hiring in Foley, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Foley
With 21.9 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: