Adams County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Natchez, MS
Natchez gets about 59 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 18 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00169357, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Natchez ranks near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 3rd oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1964). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in Natchez
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 16 (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 Natchez rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Natchez the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 Natchez
Half the homes in Natchez were built by 1964, 85% 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 73% 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 Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Natchez what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Natchez
With half the homes built by 1964, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: