Harrison County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Pass Christian, MS
Pass Christian gets about 68 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 22 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 22.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.7. That is about 42,300 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 USC00223671, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Pass Christian sits 6th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (22.3 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 2003). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (December 14).
When to clean gutters in Pass Christian
The first fall frost comes around December 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 18 (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 Pass Christian rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Pass Christian the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.06 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 650 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,300, 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 Pass Christian
Half the homes in Pass Christian were built by 2003, 21% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
73% of households own their home, and 86% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Mississippi
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Pass Christian which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Pass Christian
With 22.3 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: