Yolo County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Monument Hills, CA
Rain in Monument Hills adds up to about 21 inches in a normal year, with about 5 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 12.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 0.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 12,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00049781, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Monument Hills falls near the middle of the 939 places in California on this site (4.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 2002). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 507 places in California on this site (December 5).
When to clean gutters in Monument Hills
The first fall frost comes around December 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 7 (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 Monument Hills rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Monument Hills the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 2.27 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 3,170 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 6,340, 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 Monument Hills
Half the homes in Monument Hills were built by 2002, 30% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
93% of households own their home, and 92% 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 California
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Monument Hills which license or registration they hold in California, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
In California’s fire hazard severity zones, the 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code (in force January 1, 2026) requires gutters and downspouts of noncombustible material, and gutters fitted with an approved means to keep leaves and debris from collecting (section 504.4). (2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Chapter 5 (UpCodes))
Gutter work in Monument Hills
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2002, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: