City of Cumming
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cumming, GA
Around Cumming, the NOAA normal is 56 inches a year, with 18 inch-plus days. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (15.7 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 34,900 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USC00092408, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Cumming is 15th for heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (17.5 a year) for inch-plus rain days. Its housing stock is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1998). First frost lands 2nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 4).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Cumming: first in fall about November 4, last in spring about April 4 (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 Cumming, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.98 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 900 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,800 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Cumming.
Cumming’s houses
The typical house in Cumming dates to 1998, and 20% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Builder gutters, mostly in fine shape: cleaning and guards are the common jobs.
Owners occupy 48% of homes; 45% are single-family detached and 20% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Cumming is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Forsyth 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 Cumming
17.5 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.