Siskiyou County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Weed, CA
Rain in Weed adds up to about 38 inches in a normal year, with about 11 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 19.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 1.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 23,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00024215, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Weed ranks 115th for heavy-rain days of the 939 places in California on this site (10.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1972). By its first fall frost it sits 25th earliest for the first fall frost of the 507 places in California on this site (October 12).
When to clean gutters in Weed
The first fall frost comes around October 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 6 (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 Weed rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Weed the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.29 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,190 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,380, 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 89 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 Weed
Half the homes in Weed were built by 1972, 65% 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. 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.
48% of households own their home, and 59% 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 California
Ask any contractor working in Weed what California requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of 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 Weed
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: