Madison County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in New Market, AL
Rain in New Market adds up to about 60 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 17.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.7. That is about 37,100 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00403074, 18 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, New Market sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.6 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1989). By its first fall frost it sits 4th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 28).
When to clean gutters in New Market
The first fall frost comes around October 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 7 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for New Market rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In New Market the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.16 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,760, 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 Market
Half the homes in New Market were built by 1989, 16% 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.
80% of households own their home, and 63% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Alabama
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in New Market which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in New Market
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: