Tompkins County, New York
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Lansing, NY
Rain in South Lansing adds up to about 38 inches in a normal year, with about 7 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 23,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00304174, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, South Lansing falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 817 places in New York on this site (6.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 810 places in New York on this site (half built by 1987). By first frost it falls 30th earliest for the first fall frost of the 817 places in New York on this site (October 3).
When to clean gutters in South Lansing
The first fall frost comes around October 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 11 (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 South Lansing rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In South Lansing the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.58 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,090 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,190, 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.
With about 63 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in South Lansing
Half the homes in South Lansing were built by 1987, 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.
60% of households own their home, and 56% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in New York
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in South Lansing which license or registration they hold in New York, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Lansing
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1987, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: