Benton County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lowell, AR
A normal year in Lowell brings about 47 inches of rain; on roughly 15 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 15.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.6. That is about 29,300 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 USC00030586, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lowell sits near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (14.6 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 2001). By its first fall frost it sits 12th earliest for the first fall frost of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Lowell
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 12 (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 Lowell rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lowell the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.49 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,920, 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 Lowell
Half the homes in Lowell were built by 2001, 14% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
69% of households own their home, and 78% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Arkansas
Ask any contractor working in Lowell what Arkansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lowell
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2001, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: