McClain County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Newcastle, OK
Newcastle gets about 36 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 11 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 11.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 22,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00340830, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Newcastle ranks near the middle of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (11.3 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 2002). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Newcastle
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 31 (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 Newcastle rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Newcastle the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.56 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 840 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,680, 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 Newcastle
Half the homes in Newcastle were built by 2002, 20% 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.
82% of households own their home, and 90% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Oklahoma
Ask any contractor working in Newcastle what Oklahoma requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Newcastle
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2002, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: