Forrest County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hattiesburg, MS
Hattiesburg gets about 64 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 20 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 18.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 40,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00223887, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Hattiesburg falls 42nd for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (20.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1980). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Hattiesburg
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 Hattiesburg rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hattiesburg the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.83 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,460, 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 Hattiesburg
Half the homes in Hattiesburg were built by 1980, 50% 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.
36% of households own their home, and 50% 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 Mississippi
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Hattiesburg which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hattiesburg
With half the homes built by 1980, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: