Leon County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee gets about 59 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 22.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00093805, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Tallahassee ranks near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (17.2 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 1987). By its first fall frost it sits 11th earliest for the first fall frost of the 131 places in Florida on this site (November 21).
When to clean gutters in Tallahassee
The first fall frost comes around November 21 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 11 (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 Tallahassee rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Tallahassee the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.86 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 1,460, 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 Tallahassee
Half the homes in Tallahassee were built by 1987, 38% 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.
40% of households own their home, and 39% of homes are detached houses, 10% townhouses. 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 Tallahassee what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Tallahassee
With 17.2 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: