Wyoming County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Oceana, WV
Oceana gets about 51 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 summer (June to August), with about 15.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
Call (866) 228-6229 free call to a gutter contractor serving OceanaOceana: rain and roofs
NOAA station USC00466600, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Oceana ranks 30th for heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (10.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1978). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Oceana
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 22 (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 Oceana rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Oceana the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.61 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,090 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,180, 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 Oceana
Half the homes in Oceana were built by 1978, 54% 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.
53% of households own their home, and 47% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Oceana what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Oceana
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: