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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lopezville, TX

Rain in Lopezville adds up to about 19 inches in a normal year, with about 6 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 6.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 1.9. That is about 11,600 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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Lopezville: rain and roofs

NOAA station USC00415701, 7 mi
18.7 in
Rain in a normal year, Lopezville
NOAA normal, MCALLEN
5.8
Days with an inch or more
a year
11,600 gal
Water off 1,000 sq ft of roof in Lopezville
0.62 gal per sq ft per inch
9.40 in/hr
5-minute downpour, once in 10 years
NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11
1987
Median year homes were built
ACS 2020–2024
29%
Homes built before 1980
ACS 2020–2024
Winter1.9 in
Spring3.8 in
Summer6.1 in
Fall6.9 in

Bars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).

Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lopezville sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (5.8 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1987).

When to clean gutters in Lopezville

Frost is rare in Lopezville, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.

When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.

Gutter and downspout size for Lopezville rain

The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lopezville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.40 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 770 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,530, 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 Lopezville

Half the homes in Lopezville were built by 1987, 29% 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.

79% of households own their home, and 90% 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 Texas

Ask any contractor working in Lopezville what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor

Gutter work in Lopezville

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:

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