Coles County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Mattoon, IL
A normal year in Mattoon brings about 41 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 25,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00115430, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Mattoon ranks 157th for heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (10.5 a year). Its housing ranks 107th oldest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1956). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Mattoon
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 11 (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 Mattoon rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Mattoon the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.62 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,890, 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 Mattoon
Half the homes in Mattoon were built by 1956, 82% 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. 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.
56% of households own their home, and 69% 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 Illinois
Ask any contractor working in Mattoon what Illinois requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Mattoon
With half the homes built by 1956, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: