Lamar County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in West Hattiesburg, MS
A normal year in West Hattiesburg brings about 64 inches of rain; on roughly 20 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 18.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00223887, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, West Hattiesburg falls 42nd for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (20.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1988). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in West Hattiesburg
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 West Hattiesburg rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In West Hattiesburg the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.82 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,470, 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 West Hattiesburg
Half the homes in West Hattiesburg were built by 1988, 34% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
35% of households own their home, and 32% 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 Mississippi
Before hiring in West Hattiesburg, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in West Hattiesburg
With 20.2 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: