Columbia County, Wisconsin
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lake Wisconsin, WI
Lake Wisconsin gets about 39 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 10 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 24,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00474790, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Lake Wisconsin falls 6th for heavy-rain days of the 386 places in Wisconsin on this site (9.7 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (half built by 1990). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (October 10).
When to clean gutters in Lake Wisconsin
The first fall frost comes around October 10 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 1 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Lake Wisconsin rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lake Wisconsin the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.13 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,010 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,020, 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.
With about 43 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Lake Wisconsin
Half the homes in Lake Wisconsin were built by 1990, 43% 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. 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.
93% of households own their home, and 90% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Wisconsin
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Lake Wisconsin which license or registration they hold in Wisconsin, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lake Wisconsin
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1990, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: