Thurston County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Yelm, WA
Yelm gets about 51 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 10 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 20.7 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 31,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00024227, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Yelm falls 74th for heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (9.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 2004). The first frost here ranks 31st earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (October 14).
When to clean gutters in Yelm
The first fall frost comes around October 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 29 (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.
Weather and gutters in Yelm
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Yelm; NOAA plans published Atlas 15 estimates for the lower 48 states no earlier than September 2027. Here gutters are sized from the roof and the local building department’s design rate.
The houses in Yelm
Half the homes in Yelm were built by 2004, 18% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
70% of households own their home, and 79% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Washington
Before hiring in Yelm, ask which Washington license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Yelm
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2004, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: