Baldwin County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lillian, AL
A normal year in Lillian brings about 58 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 18.4 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 12.0. That is about 35,700 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 USW00003855, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lillian sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (17.8 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1997). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 29).
When to clean gutters in Lillian
The first fall frost comes around November 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 28 (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 Lillian rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lillian the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 660 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,320, 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 Lillian
Half the homes in Lillian were built by 1997, 34% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
83% of households own their home, and 95% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Lillian what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lillian
With 17.8 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: