Epi Week #30 - 2014 General Statements

Jul 20 - 26

Following the detection of the first EEE-positive mosquito pools of the 2014 season in Epi Week 29, supplemental testing in Plymouth and Bristol Counties revealed no new EEE-positive mosquito pools. There was also one WNV-positive mosquito pool found in Belmont (Middlesex County). Totals for both EEE- and WNV-positive mosquitoes remain far below 2013 and 2012 levels. Districts with arbovirus-positive mosquitoes have been implementing standard control responses, including larviciding of catch basins and ULV truck spraying.

Weather

Temperatures were cooler at the beginning and end of Epi Week 30, and warmer than average in the middle of the week, resulting in overall temperatures close to the average for most parts of the state. Most of the state saw at least some rain last week, with an isolated weather event dropping over 4 inches of rain near Orange, with over two inches of rain in Berkshire County and adjacent Hampden County, and large portions of the eastern part of the state (except for the lower Cape) experiencing 2 or more inches.

Precipitation in MA for EPI Week 30, 2014