Limestone County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Madison, AL
A normal year in Madison brings about 54 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.0 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00003856, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Madison ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (15.5 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2000). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Madison
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (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 Madison rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Madison the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.21 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,750, 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 Madison
Half the homes in Madison were built by 2000, 12% 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.
75% of households own their home, and 76% 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 Alabama
Before hiring in Madison, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Madison
With 15.5 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: