Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Harwich Port, MA
A normal year in Harwich Port brings about 45 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 12.4 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 8.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 28,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00094624, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Harwich Port falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (10.7 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 217 places in Massachusetts on this site (half built by 1961). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (November 3).
When to clean gutters in Harwich Port
The first fall frost comes around November 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 13 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Harwich Port rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Harwich Port the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.58 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,090 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,190, 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 Harwich Port
Half the homes in Harwich Port were built by 1961, 76% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
77% of households own their home, and 83% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Massachusetts
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Harwich Port which license or registration they hold in Massachusetts, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Harwich Port
With half the homes built by 1961, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: