Reno County, Kansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Hutchinson, KS
South Hutchinson gets about 33 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 10 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 3.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 20,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00143929, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, South Hutchinson ranks near the middle of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (9.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (half built by 1974). The first frost here ranks 38th earliest for the first fall frost of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (October 21).
When to clean gutters in South Hutchinson
The first fall frost comes around October 21 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for South Hutchinson rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In South Hutchinson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.72 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 930 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,870, 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 South Hutchinson
Half the homes in South Hutchinson were built by 1974, 62% 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.
56% of households own their home, and 59% of homes are detached houses, 12% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Kansas
Ask any contractor working in South Hutchinson what Kansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Hutchinson
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: