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Background  Entomological indices within a specific area vary with climatic factors such as rainfall, temperature and relative humidity. Contributions of such weather parameter fluctuations to the changes in entomological data obtained within a community under implementation of a promising vector control intervention should be taken into account. This study reports on inter-annual changes in entomological indices within two rural communities, one of which was under insecticide-treated durable wall lining (DL) installation.    Methods  Community-wide DL installation was followed by monthly meteorological data and pyrethrum spray mosquito collections for 2 years in intervention and a similar neighbouring community (control). Human blood meal and sporozoite ELISA tests were conducted on female mosquitoes collected alongside PCR identification of subsamples. Mosquitoes collected at the intervention site were tested in cone susceptibility assays against subsamples of installed DL materials collected on a 6-monthly basis for 2 years. Deltamethrin susceptibility of  Anopheles  mosquitoes from the intervention site was determined before and after DL installation. Entomological indices in the first and second years were compared within each site.    Results  Rainfall in the study area increased significantly ( t  = -3.45,  df  = 11,  P  = 0.005) from first to second year. Correlation between rainfall and  Anopheles  densities in both sites were significant ( r  = 0.681,  P  < 0.001). Mosquitoes collected at the intervention site were susceptible (100%) to deltamethrin at baseline but resistant (92%) in the second year. However, subsamples of installed DL materials remained effective (100% mortality) against  Anopheles  mosquitoes from the intervention site throughout the 6-monthly cone assay exposures. Monthly pyrethrum spray collections showed significant increase in  Anopheles  densities from first to second year in the control (6.36 ± 1.61  vs  7.83 ± 2.39;  t  = -3.47,  df  = 11,  P  = 0.005), but not in the intervention (2.83 ± 1.86  vs  4.23 ± 3.31;  t  = -2.03,  df  = 11,  P  = 0.067) community. However, mean annual mosquito man-biting rates increased significantly in both intervention (0.88 ± 0.18  vs  1.06 ± 0.38;  F  (1, 10)  = 9.50,  P  = 0.012) and control (1.45 ± 0.31  vs  1.61 ± 0.34;  F  (1, 10)  = 10.18,  p  = 0.010) sites along with increase (≥ 1.6 times) in sporozoite rates within intervention (0–2.13%) and control (2.56–4.04%) communities.    Conclusions  The slight increase in vector density, induced by significant increase in rainfall, led to increased sporozoite infection and significantly increased man-biting rates within the intervention site. These reveal the need for incorporation of integrated vector management strategies to complement DL installation especially in regions with high rainfall and mosquito density. Promising vector control tools such as DL should be evaluated on a long-term basis to reveal the possible effect of weather parameters on control performance and also allow for holistic recommendations.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s13071-018-3078-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Mind the weather: a report on inter-annual variations in entomological data within a rural community under insecticide-treated wall lining installation in Kwara State, Nigeria