Nassau County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hilliard, FL
Rain in Hilliard adds up to about 53 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 21.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.0. That is about 33,000 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 USC00093465, 13 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Hilliard sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (14.8 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1984). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 131 places in Florida on this site (December 7).
When to clean gutters in Hilliard
The first fall frost comes around December 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 26 (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 Hilliard rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hilliard the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.50 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 760 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,520, 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 Hilliard
Half the homes in Hilliard were built by 1984, 41% 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.
59% of households own their home, and 57% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Florida
Ask any contractor working in Hilliard what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hilliard
With half the homes built by 1984, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: