Jefferson County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Herculaneum, MO
Rain in Herculaneum adds up to about 44 inches in a normal year, with about 12 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.0. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00232850, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Herculaneum falls near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 2001). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Herculaneum
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 9 (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 Herculaneum rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Herculaneum the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.49 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,920, 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 Herculaneum
Half the homes in Herculaneum were built by 2001, 28% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
88% of households own their home, and 91% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Missouri
Before hiring in Herculaneum, ask which Missouri license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Herculaneum
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2001, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: