Thurston County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lacey, WA
Rain in Lacey adds up to about 51 inches in a normal year, with about 10 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 20.7 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.0. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00024227, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Lacey ranks 74th for heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (9.5 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1996). The first frost here ranks 31st earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (October 14).
When to clean gutters in Lacey
The first fall frost comes around October 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 29 (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.
Weather and gutters in Lacey
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Lacey; NOAA plans published Atlas 15 estimates for the lower 48 states no earlier than September 2027. Here gutters are sized from the roof and the local building department’s design rate.
The houses in Lacey
Half the homes in Lacey were built by 1996, 27% 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.
57% of households own their home, and 61% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Washington
Ask any contractor working in Lacey what Washington requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lacey
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1996, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: