St. Johns County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in St. Augustine South, FL
St. Augustine South gets about 51 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 16 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 18.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.4. That is about 31,400 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 USC00087826, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, St. Augustine South sits near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (15.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1984).
When to clean gutters in St. Augustine South
Frost is rare in St. Augustine South, 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 St. Augustine South rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In St. Augustine South the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 St. Augustine South
Half the homes in St. Augustine South were built by 1984, 36% 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.
90% of households own their home, and 100% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Florida
Ask any contractor working in St. Augustine South what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in St. Augustine South
With half the homes built by 1984, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: