City of Duluth
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Duluth, GA
Around Duluth, the NOAA normal is 56 inches a year, with 18 inch-plus days. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (15.1 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 34,900 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USC00096407, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Duluth lands 1st for heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (17.9 a year) on inch-plus rain days. Its housing stock is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1994). First frost lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 9).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Duluth: first in fall about November 9, last in spring about March 25 (NOAA). Wait for the frost and bare branches before the fall cleanout; come back after the yellow spring pollen settles.
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 Duluth, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.92 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 910 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,820 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Duluth.
Duluth’s houses
The typical house in Duluth dates to 1994, and 12% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Expect older gutters and tired fascia boards here.
Owners occupy 56% of homes; 48% are single-family detached and 15% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Duluth 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. Wherever the water goes, it should leave the downspout well clear of the foundation and the beds along it. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Duluth
17.9 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.