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

Mosquito months in Pointe Coupee Parish

In a normal year mosquito season in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA starts around January 31 and ends around December 29, about 47 weeks.

1. Jan
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4. Apr
5. May
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8. Aug
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10. Oct
11. Nov
12. Dec

What to do in Pointe Coupee Parish, and when

• Start tipping out standing water weekly by January 17.
• Book any yard treatment for late January, ahead of the August peak.
• Repellent can go away after December 29.
• 1 West Nile case since 2016 (last 2023): you should use repellent at dusk May to September, more so if over 60.

Pointe Coupee Parish against the rest of LA

Pointe Coupee Parish has the 16th longest season of 64 LA counties, at 332 days against 358 in Orleans Parish and 247 in Claiborne Parish. Its mean temperature is 67.7°F.

• Beauregard Parish: February 12 to January 13 (335 days, 2 WNV)
• Washington Parish: February 11 to January 11 (334 days, 10 WNV)
• Jefferson Davis Parish: January 31 to December 28 (331 days, 3 WNV)
• Vermilion Parish: January 29 to December 25 (330 days, 1 WNV)

West Nile in Pointe Coupee Parish

From 1999 to 2025, CDC ArboNET counted 28 human West Nile cases in Pointe Coupee Parish (10 neuroinvasive) across 7 years. The worst was 2002 with 12; the latest was 2023.

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