Washington County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Leland, MS
A normal year in Leland brings about 56 inches of rain; on roughly 17 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.4 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 34,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00228445, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Leland falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (16.8 a year). Its housing ranks 15th oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1969). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 16).
When to clean gutters in Leland
The first fall frost comes around November 16 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 11 (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 Leland rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Leland the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.59 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 840 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,680, 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 Leland
Half the homes in Leland were built by 1969, 74% 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.
61% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Mississippi
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Leland which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Leland
With half the homes built by 1969, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: