Bronx County, New York
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in New York, NY
New York gets about 47 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 13 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 29,200 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00305796, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, New York falls 142nd for heavy-rain days of the 817 places in New York on this site (12.7 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 810 places in New York on this site (half built by 1952). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 817 places in New York on this site (November 19).
When to clean gutters in New York
The first fall frost comes around November 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 1 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for New York rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In New York the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.84 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 920 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,840, 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 York
Half the homes in New York were built by 1952, 80% 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. 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.
33% of households own their home, and 9% of homes are detached houses, 7% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in New York
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in New York which license or registration they hold in New York, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in New York
With half the homes built by 1952, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: