Whitman County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Pullman, WA
Pullman gets about 20 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 7.4 inches. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof that is about 12,700 gallons a year, most of it in steady rain rather than downpours.
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NOAA station USC00456789, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Pullman ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (0.9 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 1986). By its first fall frost it sits 10th earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (September 29).
When to clean gutters in Pullman
The first fall frost comes around September 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 6 (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 Pullman
Pullman averages about 33 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Pullman; 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 Pullman
Half the homes in Pullman were built by 1986, 42% 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.
31% of households own their home, and 27% of homes are detached houses, 5% 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 Pullman what Washington requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Pullman
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1986, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: