Desha County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in McGehee, AR
McGehee gets about 54 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 17.7 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 8.4. That is about 33,600 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 USC00034708, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, McGehee ranks 48th for heavy-rain days of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (17.3 a year). Its housing ranks 13th oldest by median year built of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1972). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (November 10).
When to clean gutters in McGehee
The first fall frost comes around November 10 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 13 (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 McGehee rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In McGehee the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 McGehee
Half the homes in McGehee were built by 1972, 68% 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.
51% of households own their home, and 77% 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 McGehee what Arkansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in McGehee
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: