Hancock County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Waveland, MS
Rain in Waveland adds up to about 65 inches in a normal year, with about 21 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 20.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00229426, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Waveland ranks 25th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (20.8 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 2000). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (December 3).
When to clean gutters in Waveland
The first fall frost comes around December 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 21 (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 Waveland rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Waveland the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.11 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 650 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,300, 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 Waveland
Half the homes in Waveland were built by 2000, 21% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
62% of households own their home, and 71% 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 Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Waveland what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Waveland
With 20.8 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: