Forrest County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Rawls Springs, MS
A normal year in Rawls Springs brings about 64 inches of rain; on roughly 20 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 18.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. That is about 40,000 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 USC00223887, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Rawls Springs sits 42nd for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (20.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1982). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Rawls Springs
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 Rawls Springs rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Rawls Springs the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.72 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 740 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,480, 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 Rawls Springs
Half the homes in Rawls Springs were built by 1982, 47% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Rawls Springs what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Rawls Springs
With half the homes built by 1982, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: