Galveston County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Kemah, TX
A normal year in Kemah brings about 60 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 17.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 12.3. 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 USC00414333, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Kemah sits 44th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (18.8 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1995). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 14).
When to clean gutters in Kemah
The first fall frost comes around December 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around January 31 (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 Kemah rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Kemah the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.74 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,340, 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 Kemah
Half the homes in Kemah were built by 1995, 24% 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.
65% of households own their home, and 72% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Kemah which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Kemah
With 18.8 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: