Pearl River County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hide-A-Way Lake, MS
Rain in Hide-A-Way Lake adds up to about 67 inches in a normal year, with about 22 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 14.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 41,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00226921, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Hide-A-Way Lake ranks 9th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (21.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1987). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 18).
When to clean gutters in Hide-A-Way Lake
The first fall frost comes around November 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 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 Hide-A-Way Lake rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Hide-A-Way Lake the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.31 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 700 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,400, 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 Hide-A-Way Lake
Half the homes in Hide-A-Way Lake were built by 1987, 27% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit.
100% of households own their home, and 99% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Hide-A-Way Lake what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hide-A-Way Lake
With 21.8 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: