Sonoma County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Sea Ranch, CA
Rain in Sea Ranch adds up to about 42 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 25.0 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 0.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 25,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00041838, 24 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Sea Ranch falls 42nd for heavy-rain days of the 939 places in California on this site (14.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1988).
When to clean gutters in Sea Ranch
Frost is rare in Sea Ranch, 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 Sea Ranch rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Sea Ranch the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.10 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,320 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,650, 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 Sea Ranch
Half the homes in Sea Ranch were built by 1988, 31% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
95% of households own their home, and 99% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in California
Before hiring in Sea Ranch, ask which California license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
In California’s fire hazard severity zones, the 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code (in force January 1, 2026) requires gutters and downspouts of noncombustible material, and gutters fitted with an approved means to keep leaves and debris from collecting (section 504.4). (2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Chapter 5 (UpCodes))
Gutter work in Sea Ranch
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: