Miami-Dade County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in North Miami, FL
Rain in North Miami adds up to about 68 inches in a normal year, with about 21 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 26.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 42,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00086315, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, North Miami falls 19th for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (21.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 36th oldest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1966).
Gutter and downspout size for North Miami rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In North Miami the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.02 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 650 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,310, 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 North Miami
Half the homes in North Miami were built by 1966, 83% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
43% of households own their home, and 36% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Florida
Before hiring in North Miami, ask which Florida license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in North Miami
With half the homes built by 1966, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: