Nevada County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Truckee, CA
Rain in Truckee adds up to about 31 inches in a normal year, with about 8 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.9 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 1.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 19,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00049043, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Truckee ranks 183rd for heavy-rain days of the 939 places in California on this site (8.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1989). The first frost here ranks 4th earliest for the first fall frost of the 507 places in California on this site (September 25).
When to clean gutters in Truckee
The first fall frost comes around September 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around June 9 (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 Truckee rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Truckee the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.82 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 3,770, 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.
With about 207 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Truckee
Half the homes in Truckee were built by 1989, 29% 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.
78% of households own their home, and 84% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in California
Before hiring in Truckee, ask which California license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
In California’s fire hazard severity zones, the 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code (in force January 1, 2026) requires gutters and downspouts of noncombustible material, and gutters fitted with an approved means to keep leaves and debris from collecting (section 504.4). (2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Chapter 5 (UpCodes))
Gutter work in Truckee
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1989, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: