Mosquito season in Wood County, TX: when it starts and ends
Mosquito months in Wood County
In a normal year mosquito season in Wood County, TX starts around February 22 and ends around December 4, about 41 weeks.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
What to do in Wood County, and when
- Start tipping out standing water weekly by February 8.
- Book any yard treatment for late February, ahead of the August peak.
- Repellent can go away after December 4.
- 5 West Nile cases since 2016 (last 2020): you should use repellent at dusk May to September, more so if over 60.
Wood County against the rest of TX
Wood County has the 76th longest season of 254 TX counties, at 285 days against 365 in Cameron County and 191 in Lipscomb County. Its mean temperature is 64.4°F.
- Cherokee County: February 23 to December 7 (287 days, 3 WNV)
- Wilson County: February 21 to December 3 (285 days, 1 WNV)
- Williamson County: February 23 to December 5 (285 days, 13 WNV)
- Edwards County: February 24 to December 6 (285 days, 0 WNV)
West Nile in Wood County
From 1999 to 2025, CDC ArboNET counted 8 human West Nile cases in Wood County (3 neuroinvasive) across 4 years. The worst was 2016 with 4; the latest was 2020.
More: how the dates are worked out · reading the West Nile counts.