Lee County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Rochelle, IL
A normal year in Rochelle brings about 37 inches of rain; on roughly 9 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 22,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00117354, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Rochelle ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (8.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1971). By its first fall frost it sits 40th earliest for the first fall frost of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 13).
When to clean gutters in Rochelle
The first fall frost comes around October 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 26 (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 Rochelle rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Rochelle the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.19 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,000 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,000, 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 Rochelle
Half the homes in Rochelle were built by 1971, 66% 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.
53% of households own their home, and 66% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Illinois
Ask any contractor working in Rochelle what Illinois requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Rochelle
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: