Mosquito season in Sharkey County, MS: when it starts and ends
Mosquito months in Sharkey County
In a normal year mosquito season in Sharkey County, MS starts around February 21 and ends around December 5, about 41 weeks.
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- Sep
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- Nov
- Dec
What to do in Sharkey County, and when
- Start tipping out standing water weekly by February 7.
- Book any yard treatment for late February, ahead of the July peak.
- Repellent can go away after December 5.
- No West Nile cases since 2016, so bites in Sharkey County are a nuisance; check window screens.
Sharkey County against the rest of MS
Sharkey County has the 16th longest season of 82 MS counties, at 287 days against 333 in Harrison County and 221 in Tishomingo County. Its mean temperature is 65.7°F.
- Forrest County: February 20 to December 4 (287 days, 18 WNV)
- Lamar County: February 20 to December 4 (287 days, 6 WNV)
- Tallahatchie County: February 24 to November 29 (278 days, 0 WNV)
- Sunflower County: February 26 to November 28 (276 days, 4 WNV)
West Nile in Sharkey County
CDC ArboNET lists no human West Nile cases for Sharkey County from 1999 to 2025, though virus turned up in birds, mosquitoes or horses in 1 of those years.
Background: when the season starts across the US; how the dates are worked out.