Cass County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lee's Summit, MO
Rain in Lee's Summit adds up to about 44 inches in a normal year, with about 14 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.4. That is about 27,200 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00238524, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lee's Summit sits 38th for heavy-rain days of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (13.7 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1994). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Lee's Summit
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 7 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Lee's Summit rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lee's Summit the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.34 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 860 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Lee's Summit
Half the homes in Lee's Summit were built by 1994, 24% 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.
74% of households own their home, and 73% of homes are detached houses, 9% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Missouri
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Lee's Summit which license or registration they hold in Missouri, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lee's Summit
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1994, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: