Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in White Island Shores, MA
A normal year in White Island Shores brings about 51 inches of rain; on roughly 15 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 10.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 31,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00192451, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, White Island Shores sits 29th for heavy-rain days of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (14.6 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 217 places in Massachusetts on this site (half built by 1967). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in White Island Shores
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 21 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for White Island Shores rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In White Island Shores the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,040 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,090, 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.
White Island Shores averages about 37 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
The houses in White Island Shores
Half the homes in White Island Shores were built by 1967, 87% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
85% of households own their home, and 100% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Massachusetts
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in White Island Shores which license or registration they hold in Massachusetts, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in White Island Shores
With half the homes built by 1967, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: