Hinds County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Jackson, MS
A normal year in Jackson brings about 51 inches of rain; on roughly 17 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013927, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Jackson ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (16.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 15th oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1969). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 19).
When to clean gutters in Jackson
The first fall frost comes around November 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 6 (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 Jackson rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Jackson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.96 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 800 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,610, 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 1969, 73% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
49% of households own their home, and 66% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Jackson what Mississippi 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 1969, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: