Palm Beach County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Jupiter, FL
A normal year in Jupiter brings about 72 inches of rain; on roughly 21 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 25.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 12.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 44,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00084461, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Jupiter ranks 30th for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (20.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1989).
When to clean gutters in Jupiter
Frost is rare in Jupiter, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Jupiter rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Jupiter the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.33 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 700 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,390, 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 Jupiter
Half the homes in Jupiter were built by 1989, 14% 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.
78% of households own their home, and 45% of homes are detached houses, 16% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Florida
Ask any contractor working in Jupiter what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Jupiter
With 20.8 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: