Leflore County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Itta Bena, MS
A normal year in Itta Bena brings about 56 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00226009, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Itta Bena ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (17.9 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1977). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 20).
When to clean gutters in Itta Bena
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). 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 Itta Bena rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Itta Bena the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.51 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 850 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,690, 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 Itta Bena
Half the homes in Itta Bena were built by 1977, 62% 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. 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.
34% of households own their home, and 64% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Itta Bena, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Itta Bena
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: