Greene County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Strafford, MO
Rain in Strafford adds up to about 46 inches in a normal year, with about 12 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00235307, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Strafford falls near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1993). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Strafford
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). 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 Strafford rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Strafford the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.44 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 970 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,940, 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 Strafford
Half the homes in Strafford were built by 1993, 35% 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.
78% of households own their home, and 72% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Missouri
Before hiring in Strafford, ask which Missouri license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Strafford
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: