Lafayette County, Mississippi

Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in University, MS

Rain in University adds up to about 61 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 37,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.

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University: rain and roofs

NOAA station USC00229079, 1 mi

60.5 in

Rain in a normal year, University

NOAA normal, UNIVERSITY

19.1

Days with an inch or more

a year

37,500 gal

Water off 1,000 sq ft of roof in University

0.62 gal per sq ft per inch

8.46 in/hr

5-minute downpour, once in 10 years

NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9

Oct 31

First fall frost

median date

Winter17.4 in

Spring17.3 in

Summer13.5 in

Fall12.4 in

Bars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).

For days with an inch of rain or more, University ranks near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (19.1 a year). The first frost here ranks 8th earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (October 31).

When to clean gutters in University

The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 3 (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 University rain

Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In University the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.46 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 850 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,700, 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 University

Hiring in Mississippi

Before hiring in University, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor

Gutter work in University

With 19.1 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: