Madison County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Madison, MS
Madison gets about 51 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.1. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 31,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00013927, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Madison falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (16.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1996). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 19).
When to clean gutters in Madison
The first fall frost comes around November 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 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 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 8.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 810 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,620, 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 1996, 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.
93% of households own their home, and 96% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Madison, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Madison
With 16.8 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: