Whitman County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Palouse, WA
Palouse gets about 25 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 2 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 7.7 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.2. That is about 15,200 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 USC00107301, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Palouse sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (2.1 a year). Its housing ranks 2nd oldest by median year built of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1943). By its first fall frost it sits 6th earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (September 21).
When to clean gutters in Palouse
The first fall frost comes around September 21 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 15 (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.
Weather and gutters in Palouse
With about 41 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.
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Palouse; NOAA plans published Atlas 15 estimates for the lower 48 states no earlier than September 2027. Here gutters are sized from the roof and the local building department’s design rate.
The houses in Palouse
Half the homes in Palouse were built by 1943, 69% 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.
86% of households own their home, and 81% 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 Washington
Ask any contractor working in Palouse what Washington requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Palouse
With half the homes built by 1943, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: