Mosquito season in Stokes County, NC: when it starts and ends
Mosquito months in Stokes County
In a normal year mosquito season in Stokes County, NC starts around March 27 and ends around November 8, about 32 weeks.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
What to do in Stokes County, and when
- Start tipping out standing water weekly by March 13.
- Book any yard treatment for late March, ahead of the July peak.
- Repellent can go away after November 8.
- No West Nile cases since 2016, so bites in Stokes County are a nuisance; check window screens.
Stokes County against the rest of NC
Stokes County has the 68th longest season of 100 NC counties, at 226 days against 292 in Carteret County and 176 in Ashe County. Its mean temperature is 57.2°F.
- Rowan County: March 25 to November 8 (228 days, 1 WNV)
- Buncombe County: March 26 to November 8 (227 days, 4 WNV)
- Wilkes County: March 27 to November 8 (226 days, 1 WNV)
- Lincoln County: March 27 to November 6 (224 days, 1 WNV)
West Nile in Stokes County
CDC ArboNET lists no human West Nile cases for Stokes County from 1999 to 2025, though virus turned up in birds, mosquitoes or horses in 2 of those years.
More: how the dates are worked out · when mosquitoes go away for the winter.