Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Northampton, PA
A normal year in Northampton brings about 47 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.9. That is about 29,400 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 USW00014737, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Northampton sits 204th for heavy-rain days of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (12.3 a year). By house age it falls 1st oldest by median year built of the 970 places in Pennsylvania on this site (half built by 1938). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Northampton
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 20 (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 Northampton rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Northampton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.01 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,200 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,400, 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.
With about 33 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Northampton
Half the homes in Northampton were built by 1938, 73% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
72% of households own their home, and 41% of homes are detached houses, 37% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania requires home improvement contractors to register with the Attorney General under the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act. On contracts over $5,000 the deposit may not exceed one third of the price, and the homeowner can cancel within three business days of signing. Ask for the registration number and check it before signing.
Source: Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act, Act 132 of 2008. Look-up: Pennsylvania Attorney General, contractor registration search.
Gutter work in Northampton
With half the homes built by 1938, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: