Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Thunder Mountain, NM
Thunder Mountain gets about 15 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 2 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 6.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 9,200 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00293592, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Thunder Mountain falls 8th for heavy-rain days of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (1.9 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (half built by 1993). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 71 places in New Mexico on this site (October 9).
When to clean gutters in Thunder Mountain
The first fall frost comes around October 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 9 (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 Thunder Mountain rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Thunder Mountain the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.21 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,380 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,760, 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.
Thunder Mountain is dry by national standards, about 15 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 5.21 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in Thunder Mountain
Half the homes in Thunder Mountain were built by 1993, 20% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look.
98% of households own their home, and 83% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in New Mexico
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Thunder Mountain which license or registration they hold in New Mexico, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Thunder Mountain
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: