Harvey County, Kansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in North Newton, KS
North Newton gets about 34 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 9 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 3.2. That is about 20,900 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 USC00145744, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, North Newton sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (9.3 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (half built by 1988). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (October 25).
When to clean gutters in North Newton
The first fall frost comes around October 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 14 (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 North Newton rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In North Newton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.15 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,770, 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 Newton
Half the homes in North Newton were built by 1988, 42% 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.
68% of households own their home, and 69% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Kansas
Ask any contractor working in North Newton what Kansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in North Newton
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: