Stanislaus County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hughson, CA
Hughson gets about 12 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 1 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 7.0 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 0.2. That is about 7,600 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 USW00023258, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Hughson sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 939 places in California on this site (1.0 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1996). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 507 places in California on this site (December 5).
When to clean gutters in Hughson
The first fall frost comes around December 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around January 31 (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 Hughson rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hughson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 2.35 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 3,060 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 6,130, 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.
Hughson is dry by national standards, about 12 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 2.35 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in Hughson
Half the homes in Hughson were built by 1996, 36% 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.
67% of households own their home, and 80% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in California
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Hughson which license or registration they hold in California, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
In California’s fire hazard severity zones, the 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code (in force January 1, 2026) requires gutters and downspouts of noncombustible material, and gutters fitted with an approved means to keep leaves and debris from collecting (section 504.4). (2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Chapter 5 (UpCodes))
Gutter work in Hughson
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1996, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: