Michigan State University and the Michigan State Horticultural Society (MSHS) have launched Enviroweather Mobile, a mobile app for MSU’s weather-based Enviroweather system that informs Michigan growers’ pest control, plant production and other crop management decisions.
“Enviroweather Mobile will allow growers easy and complete access to the power of Enviroweather wherever they can find a cell phone signal,” Ben Smith, MSHS executive director, said in a statement. “Better decisions around weather and pest and disease control will lead to more efficient and successful farms.”
Enviroweather stations are spread across Michigan, collecting information on temperature, rainfall, humidity, dew point, wind direction, soil conditions and other factors. But until recently, data gathered by the stations could only be accessed reliably from a desktop computer using a web browser to access the Enviroweather website (enviroweather.msu.edu). Using Enviroweather Mobile, producers can now easily access real-time data on their phones to inform their in-field decision-making, according to an MSU announcement.
The app was designed by an MSU AgBioResearch data analytics team led by graduate student Dao Chi Lam. Funding for the project came from MSU’s Project GREEEN and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, according to the announcement.
The app is the latest improvement to the Enviroweather program. In 2025, the Enviroweather website was redesigned and simplified, and new weather stations were added in Northwest Michigan.
Download Enviroweather Mobile for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
