Madison County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ridgeland, MS
A normal year in Ridgeland brings about 51 inches of rain; on roughly 17 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013927, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Ridgeland ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (16.8 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 1990). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 19).
When to clean gutters in Ridgeland
The first fall frost comes around November 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 6 (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 Ridgeland rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Ridgeland the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.93 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 810 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,610, 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 Ridgeland
Half the homes in Ridgeland were built by 1990, 21% 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.
48% of households own their home, and 51% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. 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 Ridgeland what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ridgeland
With 16.8 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: