Marshall County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Holly Springs, MS
A normal year in Holly Springs brings about 58 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 17.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00224173, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Holly Springs falls near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.1 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1977). The first frost here ranks 1st earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Holly Springs
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 6 (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 Holly Springs rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Holly Springs the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.29 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,740, 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 Holly Springs
Half the homes in Holly Springs were built by 1977, 57% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
66% of households own their home, and 84% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Holly Springs, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Holly Springs
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: