Jackson County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Gulf Hills, MS
Rain in Gulf Hills adds up to about 66 inches in a normal year, with about 21 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 22.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00226484, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Gulf Hills ranks 14th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (21.1 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1992). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (December 14).
When to clean gutters in Gulf Hills
The first fall frost comes around December 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 12 (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 Gulf Hills rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Gulf Hills the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.17 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 640 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 Gulf Hills
Half the homes in Gulf Hills were built by 1992, 34% 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.
72% of households own their home, and 77% 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 Mississippi
Before hiring in Gulf Hills, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Gulf Hills
With 21.1 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: