Franklin County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Union, MO
A normal year in Union brings about 45 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00238515, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Union ranks 87th for heavy-rain days of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.8 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1996). The first frost here ranks 82nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 23).
When to clean gutters in Union
The first fall frost comes around October 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 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 Union rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Union the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.70 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,870, 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 Union
Half the homes in Union were built by 1996, 28% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
63% of households own their home, and 67% of homes are detached houses, 9% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Missouri
Before hiring in Union, ask which Missouri license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Union
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1996, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: