Lowndes County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hahira, GA
Rain in Hahira adds up to about 48 inches in a normal year, with about 13 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.5 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 10.2. That is about 30,000 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USW00093845, 16 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Hahira sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (13.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 2004). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 27).
When to clean gutters in Hahira
The first fall frost comes around November 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 5 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Hahira rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Hahira 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 Hahira
Half the homes in Hahira were built by 2004, 10% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
69% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Georgia
Georgia does not require a state contractor license for gutter work: the licensing board lists “Gutters and Downspouts” among the traditional specialty trades, which under O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17 need no residential or general contractor license when the work stays within the specialty. With no state license to look up, ask for proof of liability insurance, the city or county business license, and a written quote.
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, Traditional Specialty Contractors.
Gutter work in Hahira
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2004, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: