Macoupin County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Staunton, IL
A normal year in Staunton brings about 42 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 12.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 26,100 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00115917, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Staunton falls 104th for heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (11.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 40th oldest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1950). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Staunton
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 13 (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 Staunton rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Staunton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.64 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,880, 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 Staunton
Half the homes in Staunton were built by 1950, 67% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
76% of households own their home, and 73% 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 Illinois
Before hiring in Staunton, ask which Illinois license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Staunton
With half the homes built by 1950, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: