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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Palmer, TX

Palmer gets about 28 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 7 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 10.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.0. That is about 17,500 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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Palmer: rain and roofs

NOAA station USC00413943, 10 mi
28.2 in
Rain in a normal year, Palmer
NOAA normal, HARLINGEN
7.4
Days with an inch or more
a year
17,500 gal
Water off 1,000 sq ft of roof in Palmer
0.62 gal per sq ft per inch
9.89 in/hr
5-minute downpour, once in 10 years
NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11
1995
Median year homes were built
ACS 2020–2024
0%
Homes built before 1980
ACS 2020–2024
Winter4.0 in
Spring6.5 in
Summer6.9 in
Fall10.8 in

Bars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).

Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Palmer sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (7.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1995).

When to clean gutters in Palmer

Frost is rare in Palmer, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.

When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.

Gutter and downspout size for Palmer rain

What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Palmer the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.89 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,460, 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 Palmer

Half the homes in Palmer were built by 1995, 0% 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.

90% of households own their home, and 45% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.

Hiring in Texas

Ask any contractor working in Palmer what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor

Gutter work in Palmer

In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1995, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it:

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