Pest Control in Mount Pleasant, IA

Mount Pleasant has warm summers and cold winters. July highs average about 85 degrees, with roughly 20 days a year reaching 90 or higher. January lows average around 12, and the area sees about 130 nights at or below freezing. Precipitation totals about 38 inches a year, plus roughly 25 inches of snow. June is the wettest month, at about 5.1 inches.

Those numbers are 1991-2020 NOAA climate normals from a nearby weather station, so they are a guide and not a forecast. With more than four months of freezing nights, rodents have plenty of reason to look for shelter, and a home that seems tight from the inside may still have small gaps outdoors that let them in.

A wet June is prime time for mosquitoes, and humid July afternoons speed up ant colonies and bring spiders and roaches into the open. Emptying containers that hold water, keeping vegetation trimmed off the siding and storing firewood away from the house are simple steps that lower pest pressure. Then, in early fall, check weather stripping, vents and the areas around cables, so you can close entry points before the first freeze.