Geneva County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Malvern, AL
A normal year in Malvern brings about 54 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013839, 13 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Malvern ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (16.2 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 1991). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 24).
When to clean gutters in Malvern
The first fall frost comes around November 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 1 (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 Malvern rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Malvern the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.54 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 750 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,510, 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 Malvern
Half the homes in Malvern were built by 1991, 34% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit.
79% of households own their home, and 49% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Malvern what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Malvern
With 16.2 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: