Jefferson County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Port Townsend, WA
Port Townsend gets about 19 inches of rain in a normal year, and a day with an inch or more comes once every 2 years or so. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 6.4 inches. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof that is about 11,900 gallons a year, most of it in steady rain rather than downpours.
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NOAA station USC00456678, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Port Townsend ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (0.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1981). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (November 28).
When to clean gutters in Port Townsend
The first fall frost comes around November 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 1 (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.
Weather and gutters in Port Townsend
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Port Townsend; 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 Port Townsend
Half the homes in Port Townsend were built by 1981, 48% 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.
71% of households own their home, and 74% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Washington
Before hiring in Port Townsend, ask which Washington license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Port Townsend
With half the homes built by 1981, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: