Dale County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Newton, AL
Newton gets about 54 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 16 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.9. That is about 33,400 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 USW00013839, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Newton sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (16.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 68th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1974). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 24).
When to clean gutters in Newton
The first fall frost comes around November 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 1 (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 Newton rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Newton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.53 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 760 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,510, 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 Newton
Half the homes in Newton were built by 1974, 68% 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.
78% of households own their home, and 80% 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
Ask any contractor working in Newton what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Newton
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: