Mosquito season in Hinds County, MS: when it starts and ends
Mosquito months in Hinds County
In a normal year mosquito season in Hinds County, MS starts around March 1 and ends around November 18, about 37 weeks.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
What to do in Hinds County, and when
- Start tipping out standing water weekly by February 15.
- Book any yard treatment for early March, ahead of the July peak.
- Repellent can go away after November 18.
- 65 West Nile cases since 2016: you should wear EPA-registered repellent at dusk May to September, and check MS spray notices.
Hinds County against the rest of MS
Hinds County has the 46th longest season of 82 MS counties, at 262 days against 333 in Harrison County and 221 in Tishomingo County. Its mean temperature is 65.5°F.
- Attala County: March 5 to November 24 (264 days, 3 WNV)
- Leake County: March 3 to November 21 (263 days, 4 WNV)
- Neshoba County: March 4 to November 21 (262 days, 2 WNV)
- Carroll County: March 3 to November 18 (260 days, 1 WNV)
West Nile in Hinds County
From 1999 to 2025, CDC ArboNET counted 289 human West Nile cases in Hinds County (177 neuroinvasive) across 22 years. The worst was 2002 with 47; the latest was 2025.
Background: reading the West Nile counts; how the dates are worked out.