Galveston County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Santa Fe, TX
Santa Fe gets about 60 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 17.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 12.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 37,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00414333, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
By heavy-rain days, Santa Fe falls 44th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (18.8 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1991). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 14).
When to clean gutters in Santa Fe
The first fall frost comes around December 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around January 31 (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 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 10.67 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,350, 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 Santa Fe
Half the homes in Santa Fe were built by 1991, 30% 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.
81% of households own their home, and 78% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Santa Fe which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Santa Fe
With 18.8 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: