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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fayette County

Metro Atlanta weather, Fayette County edition: 49 inches of rain in an average year and 13 days with an inch or more. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (13.5 in). Picture 30,600 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.

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Fayette County: rain and roofs

NOAA station USW00053819, 5 mi

49.3″

Fayette County: yearly rain

ATLANTA station

13.1

Inch-plus rain days

per year

30,600

Roof runoff, Fayette County

gallons per 1,000 sq ft a year

7.90″/hr

Design burst

5 min, 10-year (Atlas 14)

Nov 6

Frost arrives

median first fall frost

1993

Typical house built

median, Census ACS

18%

Pre-1980 houses

Census ACS

Winter13.5 in

Spring11.8 in

Summer13.3 in

Fall10.8 in

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

Cities and communities in Fayette County

Place	Rain, in	Days ≥ 1 in	First frost	Median year built
Peachtree City	49.3	13.1	11/06	1993
Fayetteville	49.3	13.1	11/06	1998
Tyrone	49.3	13.1	11/06	2000

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

Stormwater in Fayette County

Streets, drains and runoff in the unincorporated parts of Fayette County are the county’s; in Peachtree City, Fayetteville, the city’s. Ask the county or the city before running a downspout into a street, a ditch or a neighbor’s yard.

Unincorporated communities listed here: Tyrone.

When to clean gutters here

Median frost dates for Fayette County: first in fall about November 6, last in spring about March 26 (NOAA). Schedule the leaf cleanout once the frost has come and the hardwoods are bare, and a second pass after the spring pine pollen.

Gutter size for the county’s downpours

Summer storms here dump rain in bursts. For Fayette County, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.90 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.

The houses

About 43,669 households live in Fayette County; half the homes were built by 1993, and 18% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024).