San Miguel County, New Mexico
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Pecos, NM
Pecos gets about 16 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 summer (June to August), with about 7.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 10,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00296676, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Pecos sits 6th for heavy-rain days of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (2.1 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (half built by 1988). By first frost it falls 10th earliest for the first fall frost of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (October 3).
When to clean gutters in Pecos
The first fall frost comes around October 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 15 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Pecos rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Pecos the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.41 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,330 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,660, 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 Pecos
Half the homes in Pecos were built by 1988, 37% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look.
76% of households own their home, and 56% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in New Mexico
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Pecos which license or registration they hold in New Mexico, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Pecos
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: