Rankin County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Richland, MS
A normal year in Richland brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 15.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00003940, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Richland ranks near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1993). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 14).
When to clean gutters in Richland
The first fall frost comes around November 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 14 (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.
Gutter and downspout size for Richland rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Richland the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.01 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 800 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,600, 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 Richland
Half the homes in Richland were built by 1993, 23% 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.
74% of households own their home, and 58% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Richland what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Richland
With 18.4 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: