Holmes County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Goodman, MS
A normal year in Goodman brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.1 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 12.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00226294, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Goodman ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1984). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Goodman
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 14 (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 Goodman rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Goodman the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.80 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 820 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,640, 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 Goodman
Half the homes in Goodman were built by 1984, 35% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit.
23% of households own their home, and 30% 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 Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Goodman what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Goodman
With half the homes built by 1984, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: