St. Clair County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in New Athens, IL
A normal year in New Athens brings about 45 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00116072, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, New Athens ranks 96th for heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (11.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1960). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in New Athens
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 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 New Athens rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In New Athens the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.79 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 920 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,850, 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 New Athens
Half the homes in New Athens were built by 1960, 71% 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.
83% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Illinois
Ask any contractor working in New Athens what Illinois requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in New Athens
With half the homes built by 1960, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: