Hidalgo County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Scissors, TX
Scissors gets about 26 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 7 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 10.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.9. That is about 16,000 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 USC00415836, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Scissors sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (7.4 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1993).
When to clean gutters in Scissors
Frost is rare in Scissors, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Scissors rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Scissors the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.48 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 760 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,520, 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 Scissors
Half the homes in Scissors were built by 1993, 15% 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.
84% of households own their home, and 74% 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 Scissors which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Scissors
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: