Lamar County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Purvis, MS
Rain in Purvis adds up to about 62 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.3. That is about 38,200 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 USC00227220, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Purvis sits near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (19.2 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1974). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Purvis
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 Purvis rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Purvis the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 Purvis
Half the homes in Purvis were built by 1974, 62% 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. 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.
62% of households own their home, and 84% of homes are detached houses. 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 Purvis which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Purvis
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: