Greene County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Leakesville, MS
A normal year in Leakesville brings about 64 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 18.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 39,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00224966, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Leakesville falls near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (19.2 a year). By house age it falls 26th oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1971). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 12).
When to clean gutters in Leakesville
The first fall frost comes around November 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 18 (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 Leakesville rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Leakesville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.50 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,370, 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 Leakesville
Half the homes in Leakesville were built by 1971, 71% 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.
61% of households own their home, and 81% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Leakesville, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Leakesville
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: