Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Scott City, MO
A normal year in Scott City brings about 48 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 15.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.4. That is about 29,700 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 USW00003935, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Scott City ranks 74th for heavy-rain days of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (13.0 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 1969). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 25).
When to clean gutters in Scott City
The first fall frost comes around October 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 5 (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 Scott City rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Scott City the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.05 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,790, 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 Scott City
Half the homes in Scott City were built by 1969, 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.
65% of households own their home, and 73% 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 Scott City what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Scott City
With half the homes built by 1969, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: