Angelina County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hudson, TX
A normal year in Hudson brings about 51 inches of rain; on roughly 17 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.1 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 10.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 31,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00415427, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Hudson sits 113th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (16.8 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 2002). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Hudson
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 11 (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 Hudson rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hudson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.58 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 750 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,500, 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 Hudson
Half the homes in Hudson were built by 2002, 19% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
38% of households own their home, and 48% 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 Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Hudson which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hudson
With 16.8 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: