Written by Dheeraj Vurukuti, Lav Khot, Washington State University – AgWeatherNet, August 31, 2026
WSU AgWeatherNet (AWN) continues to build and add more features to its bilingual (English, Spanish), grower use focused mobile application. The base app was introduced in the May 2026 Fruit Matters article. Since then, the app has over 3000 downloads, and users have provided critical feedback for improvements and adding new features. With key new features including customized extreme weather and model(s) output driven alert setups and push notification delivery within the app, and home screen widget improvements, the app has been updated and relaunched in August 2026. The video below provides an overview of the app capabilities and key features.
Watch: Overview of the AgWeatherNet Mobile App (ADA Accessible Version)
The AgWeatherNet app is available for both iOS and Android users, on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Search AgWeatherNet on either store to download.
The updated app supports custom extreme weather alerts configuration with real-time push notifications, allowing users to be notified when conditions they define are met at a weather station of their choosing. After signing in, a user can now create an alert by naming it, selecting a station, setting a threshold, and choosing a delivery method (In App, Email, Text, Voice). A push notification is generated within the app by default, and users can now review all active alerts, along with a history of past alerts, directly within the app.
The daily ET estimates for hop crop are now added, alongside apples, berries, cherries, potatoes, and other irrigated crops, for irrigation scheduling decision-making. The model guided Fruit Surface Temperature (FST) forecasts and hindcasts are now available for Apple, Grape, and Blueberry crops. The updated app has also fixed many minor bugs for performance improvements.
For better accessibility, the app home screen widget can now be set to a specific weather station independent of the most recently viewed station in the app. This ensures that the widget consistently reflects the weather most relevant to user preference.
As always, share your feedback on the AWN mobile app or web portal features via email (weather@wsu.edu)
Funding and Acknowledgements
WSU AgWeatherNet operational funding was used to develop and release the application. AWN would like to thank our team members, especially Sanjita Bhavirshetty, for her development efforts on this project.
Contacts
Video transcript
| Audio | Visual |
|---|---|
| “You’re looking at the WSU AgWeatherNet title card. On the left, a QR code lets you scan and install the app right now. On the right, a mobile screen shows the app’s major features throughout the video.” | Title card with WSU AgWeatherNet branding. A QR code for installing the app appears on the left; a mobile device preview cycling through the app’s major features appears on the right. |
| “This is WSU AgWeatherNet mobile application that provides weather, air quality data and decision support in crop, human and animal health systems built for Washington growers.” | The Landing Page is already open and at rest. |
| “Right from the dashboard, you can swipe between your favorite stations,” | Swipe across your favorite-station cards on the dashboard. |
| “switch between different parameters like temperature, wind, or humidity and many more with a tap” | Tap the parameter dropdown and scroll through options: temperature, wind, humidity. |
| “you can even check out decision support tools like crop ET, fruit surface temperature, cattle comfort, and more.” | Continue scrolling the parameter list down to the decision-support tools: Crop ET, Fruit Surface Temperature (FST), Cattle Comfort. |
| “Customize the layout to fit what you need drag to reorder, or tap the eye icon to show or hide a parameter.” | Open Edit Layout. Drag a parameter card to reorder it, tap the eye icon to show or hide a parameter. |
| “Alerts keep you ahead of the weather.” | Cut to the Alerts tab. |
| “See everything you’re tracking, or tap New Alert” | Show the existing Alerts list, then tap “+ New Alert.” |
| “give it a name, pick your station, set a threshold, and choose how you want it delivered.” | Fill in the New Alert form: name, station, threshold, delivery method. |
| “You’ll always get a push notification too. Pick your language, and you’re set.” | Push notification toggle is on by default; select a language, then tap Create. |
| “You can see the data for any weather station using the search feature” | Open Station Search and filter the results. |
| “Switch the whole app to English or Spanish,” | Toggle the app language between English and Spanish in Preferences. |
| “and set your own units Imperial or Metric, you can even customize based on your preference.” | Switch the Metric/Imperial preset, then show temperature, wind speed, precipitation, and distance units set independently. |
| “Tap on a station here and you can get all the current data for that station and a full 24-hour meteogram as well,” | Tap a station card to open its detail page, showing current conditions and a full 24-hour meteogram. |
| “then jump to Trends, where you can switch parameters and stack your favorite stations to compare,” | Open Trends. Switch parameters and add a favorite station to the Trends chart to compare it side by side. |
| “then swipe through two days back and two days ahead” | Swipe two days back and two days ahead. |
| “have questions or feedback contact us at weather@wsu.edu” | The Preferences screen is open behind an “About Us” panel, listing the AWN development team, mission statement, and a “Contact us: weather@wsu.edu”. |
| “And there’s more AWN Resources rounds up every other tool and app we offer.” | Tap the apps icon in the Landing Page’s bottom bar to open AWN Resources, and scroll through the list of other AWN tools and portals. |
| “Or skip the app entirely the widget gives you weather at a glance.” | Cut to the home-screen widget showing live conditions without opening the app. |
| “WSU AgWeatherNet free for every Washington grower. Download it today.” | A QR code for installing the mobile application |
