Burleigh County, North Dakota
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lincoln, ND
A normal year in Lincoln brings about 19 inches of rain; on roughly 3 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 8.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 1.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 11,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00024011, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Lincoln ranks near the middle of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (3.0 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (half built by 2002). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 34 places in North Dakota on this site (September 30).
When to clean gutters in Lincoln
The first fall frost comes around September 30 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 14 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Lincoln rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Lincoln the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.82 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,060 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,110, 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.
Lincoln averages about 51 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
The houses in Lincoln
Half the homes in Lincoln were built by 2002, 23% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
92% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in North Dakota
Before hiring in Lincoln, ask which North Dakota license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lincoln
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2002, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: