Kanawha County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tornado, WV
Rain in Tornado adds up to about 48 inches in a normal year, with about 11 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.8. That is about 29,900 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 USC00461579, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Tornado sits 15th for heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (11.1 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1979). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Tornado
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (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 Tornado rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Tornado the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.65 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,080 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,170, 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 Tornado
Half the homes in Tornado were built by 1979, 54% 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. 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.
83% of households own their home, and 99% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Tornado what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Tornado
With half the homes built by 1979, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: