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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cherokee County

56 inches a year, 16 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Cherokee County handle. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (15.6 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 34,500 gallons a year.

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Cherokee County: rain and roofs

NOAA station USC00091585, 3 mi

55.6″

Cherokee County: yearly rain

CANTON station

16.2

Inch-plus rain days

per year

34,500

Roof runoff, Cherokee County

gallons per 1,000 sq ft a year

8.22″/hr

Design burst

5 min, 10-year (Atlas 14)

Nov 4

Frost arrives

median first fall frost

2000

Typical house built

median, Census ACS

12%

Pre-1980 houses

Census ACS

Winter15.6 in

Spring13.6 in

Summer14.4 in

Fall12.1 in

Bars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).

Cities and communities in Cherokee County

Place	Rain, in	Days ≥ 1 in	First frost	Median year built
Woodstock	55.6	16.2	11/04	2005
Canton	55.6	16.2	11/04	2004
Holly Springs	55.6	16.2	11/04	2007

NOAA 1991–2020 normals by nearest station; ACS 2020–2024. Places of 5,000 people or more.

Stormwater in Cherokee County

Streets, drains and runoff in the unincorporated parts of Cherokee County are the county’s; in Woodstock, Canton, Holly Springs, the city’s. Ask the county or the city before running a downspout into a street, a ditch or a neighbor’s yard.

When to clean gutters here

Median frost dates for Cherokee County: first in fall about November 4, last in spring about April 2 (NOAA). Wait for the frost and bare branches before the fall cleanout; come back after the yellow spring pollen settles.

Gutter size for the county’s downpours

Think of the five minutes when a storm opens up. For Cherokee County, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 8.22 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 880 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,750 sq ft per 3×4.

The houses

About 99,132 households live in Cherokee County; half the homes were built by 2000, and 12% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024).