Hancock County, Indiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in New Palestine, IN
Rain in New Palestine adds up to about 48 inches in a normal year, with about 11 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00123527, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, New Palestine ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (11.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (half built by 2000). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (October 22).
When to clean gutters in New Palestine
The first fall frost comes around October 22 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 19 (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 Palestine rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In New Palestine the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.32 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 980 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,970, 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 Palestine
Half the homes in New Palestine were built by 2000, 30% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
79% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Indiana
Ask any contractor working in New Palestine what Indiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in New Palestine
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2000, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: