McCracken County, Kentucky
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Paducah, KY
Rain in Paducah adds up to about 49 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.6 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 30,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00110993, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Paducah ranks 54th for heavy-rain days of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (14.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 36th oldest by median year built of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (half built by 1966). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (October 27).
When to clean gutters in Paducah
The first fall frost comes around October 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 6 (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 Paducah rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Paducah the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.51 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,920, 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 Paducah
Half the homes in Paducah were built by 1966, 70% 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.
54% of households own their home, and 61% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Kentucky
Ask any contractor working in Paducah what Kentucky requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Paducah
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: