Dent County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Salem, MO
A normal year in Salem brings about 47 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00237506, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Salem ranks 68th for heavy-rain days of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (13.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1970). By its first fall frost it sits 31st earliest for the first fall frost of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 18).
When to clean gutters in Salem
The first fall frost comes around October 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 17 (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 Salem rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Salem the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.69 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,870, 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 Salem
Half the homes in Salem were built by 1970, 70% 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 67% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Missouri
Ask any contractor working in Salem what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Salem
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: