Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Longtown, OK
Longtown gets about 46 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 14 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 28,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00341711, 16 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Longtown falls 54th for heavy-rain days of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (13.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 1987). By first frost it falls 34th earliest for the first fall frost of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (October 30).
When to clean gutters in Longtown
The first fall frost comes around October 30 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 6 (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 Longtown rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Longtown the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.58 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). 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 Longtown
Half the homes in Longtown were built by 1987, 36% 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.
86% of households own their home, and 77% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Oklahoma
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Longtown which license or registration they hold in Oklahoma, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Longtown
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1987, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: