Hale County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Moundville, AL
Rain in Moundville adds up to about 57 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00015658, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Moundville ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.6 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 2002). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Moundville
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 12 (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 Moundville rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Moundville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.28 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 1,740, 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 Moundville
Half the homes in Moundville were built by 2002, 14% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
76% of households own their home, and 71% 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
Before hiring in Moundville, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Moundville
With 18.6 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: