Clark County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lake Shore, WA
Lake Shore gets about 42 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 6 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.0 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 2.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 26,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00458773, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Lake Shore ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (5.6 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1978). The first frost here ranks 72nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (October 18).
When to clean gutters in Lake Shore
The first fall frost comes around October 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 26 (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 Lake Shore
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Lake Shore; 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 Lake Shore
Half the homes in Lake Shore were built by 1978, 56% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
88% of households own their home, and 98% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Washington
Before hiring in Lake Shore, ask which Washington license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lake Shore
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: