Champaign County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lake of the Woods, IL
Rain in Lake of the Woods adds up to about 41 inches in a normal year, with about 10 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 25,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00113061, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Lake of the Woods ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (10.2 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1993). By its first fall frost it sits 40th earliest for the first fall frost of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 13).
When to clean gutters in Lake of the Woods
The first fall frost comes around October 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 23 (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 Lake of the Woods rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Lake of the Woods the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.75 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 930 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,860, 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 Lake of the Woods
Half the homes in Lake of the Woods were built by 1993, 21% 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.
83% of households own their home, and 58% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Illinois
Ask any contractor working in Lake of the Woods what Illinois requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lake of the Woods
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: