Smith County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Raleigh, MS
Raleigh gets about 62 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 20 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 38,200 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00227276, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Raleigh falls 47th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (20.0 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1975). By first frost it falls 22nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 3).
When to clean gutters in Raleigh
The first fall frost comes around November 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 28 (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 Raleigh rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Raleigh the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.18 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 780 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,570, 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 Raleigh
Half the homes in Raleigh were built by 1975, 62% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
78% of households own their home, and 71% 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 Raleigh which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Raleigh
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: