Mosquito season in Cameron Parish, LA: when it starts and ends

Mosquito months in Cameron Parish

In a normal year mosquito season in Cameron Parish, LA starts around January 22 and ends around January 3, about 49 weeks.

What to do in Cameron Parish, and when

Start tipping out standing water weekly by January 8.
Book any yard treatment for late January, ahead of the August peak.
Repellent can go away after January 3.
No West Nile cases since 2016, so bites in Cameron Parish are a nuisance; check window screens.

Cameron Parish against the rest of LA

Cameron Parish has the 7th longest season of 64 LA counties, at 346 days against 358 in Orleans Parish and 247 in Claiborne Parish. Its mean temperature is 69.6°F.

St. Mary Parish: January 21 to January 6 (350 days, 0 WNV)
Jefferson Parish: January 23 to January 7 (349 days, 7 WNV)
Terrebonne Parish: January 26 to January 2 (341 days, 4 WNV)
Calcasieu Parish: January 27 to January 3 (341 days, 16 WNV)

West Nile in Cameron Parish

From 1999 to 2025, CDC ArboNET counted 1 human West Nile case in Cameron Parish (0 neuroinvasive) across 1 year. The worst was 2012 with 1; the latest was 2012.

See how the dates are worked out, and where mosquitoes never stop.