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Temperatures in southern Texas during the winter months (average daily maximum temperatures 19.7 \u00b0C and higher) would have permitted continuous transmission of western equine encephalitis virus by<jats:italic>Cx. tarsalis<\/jats:italic>in this area.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Weather factors involved in outbreaks from 1975\u201388 were analysed to see if epidemics in Manitoba (23 or more cases in horses) could be predicted. The conditions for epidemics could be defined as follows: (a) the number of cases in horses in LTSA was 98 or more, (b) winds were southerly with speeds 45 kmh-1 or higher, and (c) counts of<jats:italic>Cx. tarsalis<\/jats:italic>females\/light trap per day were 3\u00b72 or higher. There were 3 or fewer cases in Manitoba, when the number of cases in USA was 27 or less, even when Cx. tarsalis counts were higher than 3\u00b72. 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