St. Charles County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Weldon Spring, MO
A normal year in Weldon Spring brings about 44 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00238805, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Weldon Spring ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.2 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 1993). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Weldon Spring
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (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 Weldon Spring rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Weldon Spring the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.50 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,920, 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 Weldon Spring
Half the homes in Weldon Spring were built by 1993, 6% 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.
86% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses, 7% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Missouri
Ask any contractor working in Weldon Spring what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Weldon Spring
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: