Pima County, Arizona
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Tucson, AZ
Rain in South Tucson adds up to about 12 inches in a normal year, with about 2 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 5.0 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 1.1. That is about 7,200 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 USC00028815, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, South Tucson sits near the middle of the 119 places in Arizona on this site (2.3 a year). By house age it falls 5th oldest by median year built of the 120 places in Arizona on this site (half built by 1967).
When to clean gutters in South Tucson
Frost is rare in South Tucson, 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 Tucson rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In South Tucson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.02 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,200 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,390, 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.
South Tucson is dry by national standards, about 12 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 6.02 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in South Tucson
Half the homes in South Tucson were built by 1967, 67% 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. 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.
32% of households own their home, and 57% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Arizona
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in South Tucson which license or registration they hold in Arizona, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Tucson
With half the homes built by 1967, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: