Clarke County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Jackson, AL
A normal year in Jackson brings about 60 inches of rain; on roughly 20 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 16.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.5. That is about 37,300 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 USC00014193, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Jackson sits 40th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (20.1 a year). Its housing ranks 79th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1975). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 12).
When to clean gutters in Jackson
The first fall frost comes around November 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 18 (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 Jackson rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Jackson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.00 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 720 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,440, 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 Jackson
Half the homes in Jackson were built by 1975, 63% 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.
73% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Jackson what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Jackson
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: