Davis County, Utah
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Syracuse, UT
A normal year in Syracuse brings about 16 inches of rain; on roughly 1 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 5.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 2.2. That is about 10,100 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 USW00024126, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Syracuse sits near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (1.0 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 142 places in Utah on this site (half built by 2005). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (October 22).
When to clean gutters in Syracuse
The first fall frost comes around October 22 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 22 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Syracuse rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Syracuse the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.43 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,100 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,200, 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 Syracuse
Half the homes in Syracuse were built by 2005, 10% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
92% of households own their home, and 95% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Utah
Ask any contractor working in Syracuse what Utah requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Syracuse
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2005, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: