Sunflower County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Indianola, MS
Rain in Indianola adds up to about 56 inches in a normal year, with about 18 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 34,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00226009, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Indianola falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (17.9 a year). Its housing ranks 31st oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1972). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 20).
When to clean gutters in Indianola
The first fall frost comes around November 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 8 (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 Indianola rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Indianola the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.57 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 840 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,680, 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 Indianola
Half the homes in Indianola were built by 1972, 67% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
54% of households own their home, and 78% 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 Mississippi
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Indianola which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Indianola
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: