DeSoto County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Horn Lake, MS
A normal year in Horn Lake brings about 59 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 18.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 36,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00227066, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Horn Lake falls near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.7 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1990). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 16).
When to clean gutters in Horn Lake
The first fall frost comes around November 16 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 16 (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 Horn Lake rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Horn Lake the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.89 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 810 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,620, 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 Horn Lake
Half the homes in Horn Lake were built by 1990, 27% 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.
59% of households own their home, and 77% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Horn Lake, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Horn Lake
With 18.7 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: