Spokane County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Mead, WA
Mead gets about 17 inches of rain in a normal year, and a day with an inch or more comes once every 3 years or so. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 5.5 inches. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof that is about 10,800 gallons a year, most of it in steady rain rather than downpours.
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NOAA station USW00094176, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Mead falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (0.3 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1988). By first frost it falls 42nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (October 15).
When to clean gutters in Mead
The first fall frost comes around October 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 26 (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.
Weather and gutters in Mead
With about 45 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Mead; NOAA plans published Atlas 15 estimates for the lower 48 states no earlier than September 2027. Here gutters are sized from the roof and the local building department’s design rate.
The houses in Mead
Half the homes in Mead were built by 1988, 39% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look.
89% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Washington
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Mead which license or registration they hold in Washington, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Mead
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: