Santa Clara County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Los Gatos, CA
A normal year in Los Gatos brings about 22 inches of rain; on roughly 6 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 13.9 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 0.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 13,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00045123, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Los Gatos ranks near the middle of the 939 places in California on this site (6.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1971). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 507 places in California on this site (December 6).
When to clean gutters in Los Gatos
The first fall frost comes around December 6 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 2 (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 Los Gatos rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Los Gatos the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.79 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 3,800, 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 Los Gatos
Half the homes in Los Gatos were built by 1971, 73% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
62% of households own their home, and 55% of homes are detached houses, 13% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in California
Before hiring in Los Gatos, ask which California license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
In California’s fire hazard severity zones, the 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code (in force January 1, 2026) requires gutters and downspouts of noncombustible material, and gutters fitted with an approved means to keep leaves and debris from collecting (section 504.4). (2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Chapter 5 (UpCodes))
Gutter work in Los Gatos
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: