Washington County, Utah
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hurricane, UT
A normal year in Hurricane brings about 12 inches of rain; on roughly 1 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 4.4 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 1.8. That is about 7,200 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 USC00424968, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Hurricane ranks near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (1.1 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 142 places in Utah on this site (half built by 2003). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 142 places in Utah on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Hurricane
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 1 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Hurricane rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Hurricane the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.38 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,130 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,260, 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.
Hurricane 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 3.38 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 Hurricane
Half the homes in Hurricane were built by 2003, 12% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
72% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Utah
Ask any contractor working in Hurricane what Utah requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hurricane
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2003, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: