Mosquito season in Ford County, KS: when it starts and ends
Mosquito months in Ford County
In a normal year mosquito season in Ford County, KS starts around April 11 and ends around October 28, about 29 weeks.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
What to do in Ford County, and when
- Start tipping out standing water weekly by March 28.
- Book any yard treatment for mid April, ahead of the July peak.
- Repellent can go away after October 28.
- 9 West Nile cases since 2016 (last 2025): you should use repellent at dusk June to August, more so if over 60.
Ford County against the rest of KS
Ford County has the 68th longest season of 105 KS counties, at 200 days against 227 in Cherokee County and 178 in Thomas County. Its mean temperature is 55.8°F.
- Nemaha County: April 9 to October 26 (200 days, 0 WNV)
- Clark County: April 10 to October 27 (200 days, 0 WNV)
- Haskell County: April 12 to October 29 (200 days, 3 WNV)
- Sheridan County: April 10 to October 25 (199 days, 0 WNV)
West Nile in Ford County
From 1999 to 2025, CDC ArboNET counted 25 human West Nile cases in Ford County (13 neuroinvasive) across 14 years. The worst was 2014 with 3; the latest was 2025.
More: how the dates are worked out · reading the West Nile counts.