Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Yarmouth, MA
A normal year in South Yarmouth brings about 45 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 12.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 9.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00094720, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, South Yarmouth ranks near the middle of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (10.9 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 217 places in Massachusetts on this site (half built by 1971). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (October 28).
When to clean gutters in South Yarmouth
The first fall frost comes around October 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 22 (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 Yarmouth rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In South Yarmouth the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.61 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 2,180, 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 Yarmouth
Half the homes in South Yarmouth were built by 1971, 80% 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.
78% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Massachusetts
Ask any contractor working in South Yarmouth what Massachusetts requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Yarmouth
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: