City of Hampton
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hampton, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Hampton edition: 54 inches of rain in an average year and 14 days with an inch or more. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (15.1 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 33,600 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USC00093271, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Among metro places, Hampton is among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (13.9 a year) for inch-plus rain days. Its housing stock is among the newest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 2004). First frost lands among the latest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 13).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Hampton: first in fall about November 13, last in spring about March 20 (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 Hampton, 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 Hampton.
Hampton’s houses
The typical house in Hampton dates to 2004, and 15% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Builder gutters, mostly in fine shape: cleaning and guards are the common jobs.
Owners occupy 75% of homes; 88% are single-family detached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Hampton is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Henry 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 Hampton
Mostly newer houses (median 2004): cleanouts, guards and small fixes lead.