Cameron County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Padre Island, TX
Rain in South Padre Island adds up to about 29 inches in a normal year, with about 9 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 11.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.1. That is about 17,800 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 USC00417179, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, South Padre Island ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (8.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1985).
When to clean gutters in South Padre Island
Frost is rare in South Padre Island, 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 South Padre Island rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In South Padre Island the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.10 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 710 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,430, 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 Padre Island
Half the homes in South Padre Island were built by 1985, 28% 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.
66% of households own their home, and 13% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in South Padre Island what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Padre Island
With half the homes built by 1985, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: