Jefferson County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Kimberly, AL
Kimberly gets about 57 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00016478, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Kimberly ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (16.9 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2002). The first frost here ranks 35th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Kimberly
The first fall frost comes around November 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Kimberly rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Kimberly the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.00 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,800, 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 Kimberly
Half the homes in Kimberly were built by 2002, 13% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
95% of households own their home, and 95% 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 Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Kimberly what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Kimberly
With 16.9 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: