Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Santa Fe, NM
A normal year in Santa Fe brings about 13 inches of rain; on roughly 1 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 5.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 1.9. That is about 7,900 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00298085, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Santa Fe sits near the middle of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (1.0 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (half built by 1985). By first frost it falls 15th earliest for the first fall frost of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (October 6).
When to clean gutters in Santa Fe
The first fall frost comes around October 6 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 14 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Santa Fe rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Santa Fe the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 4.84 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,490 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,980, 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.
Santa Fe is dry by national standards, about 13 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 4.84 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in Santa Fe
Half the homes in Santa Fe were built by 1985, 40% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
63% of households own their home, and 56% of homes are detached houses, 10% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in New Mexico
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Santa Fe which license or registration they hold in New Mexico, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Santa Fe
With half the homes built by 1985, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: