City of Auburn
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Auburn, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Auburn edition: 51 inches of rain in an average year and 18 days with an inch or more. Spring (March to May) is the wettest stretch (13.6 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 31,600 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USC00099466, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Inch-plus rain days put Auburn 12th for heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (17.6 a year). Its housing stock is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1992). First frost lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 7).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Auburn: first in fall about November 7, last in spring about April 3 (NOAA). Fall cleanout after the frost, spring cleanout after the pollen: two visits cover most Atlanta yards with trees.
More on the timing, and on how the trees over a roof change it: when to clean gutters in metro Atlanta.
Downpours and downspouts
Atlanta thunderstorms are the real test. For Auburn, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.88 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 910 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,830 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Auburn.
Auburn’s houses
The typical house in Auburn dates to 1992, and 14% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Expect older gutters and tired fascia boards here.
Owners occupy 81% of homes; 79% are single-family detached and 4% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Auburn is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Gwinnett County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. A downspout that empties against the house undoes the gutter’s work; extend it or carry it away. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Auburn
17.6 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.