Madison County, Kentucky
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Richmond, KY
Richmond gets about 48 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 15 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.9. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 29,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00156810, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Richmond falls 37th for heavy-rain days of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (14.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (half built by 1995). By first frost it falls 38th earliest for the first fall frost of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (October 22).
When to clean gutters in Richmond
The first fall frost comes around October 22 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 15 (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 Richmond rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Richmond the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.22 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,160 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,320, 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 Richmond
Half the homes in Richmond were built by 1995, 27% 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.
40% of households own their home, and 42% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Kentucky
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Richmond which license or registration they hold in Kentucky, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Richmond
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1995, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: