Weather

Access real-time and historical weather data directly in your Verdi Dashboard.

Click the new “Weather” button on the Verdi Dashboard, and you’ll see detailed, location-specific weather and soil data for your fields, without needing a physical weather station. Data is field-specific and available in metric and imperial units.

Data Sources and Resolution

Data is available for all customers in the contiguous USA (CONUS) and Canada through our partnership with Precip.

Precip offers some of the highest accuracy and highest resolution historical weather data available for CONUS and Canada through their proprietary Analysis products. Forecast products from third-parties are used to provide future forecasts as well as historical forecasts where Analysis products aren't yet available.

Both Analysis and Forecast products are used for Verdi Weather.

Read Precip's documentation (https://precip.ai/data-availability/) to learn what data is available where, for what times, at what resolution and latency, and from what providers.

Charts

Current Weather Conditions

Shows live weather at the field: air temperature, wind speed, and shallow soil temperature (e.g., 58 °F air, 1 mph wind, 54 °F soil). Growers use this snapshot for immediate decisions—confirming safe spray/harvest windows when winds are calm, triggering frost/heat protection, and timing irrigation or fertigation since soil temperature drives root uptake and infiltration.

Last Precipitation

Displays the amount and type of the most recent precipitation at the site (e.g., 1.52” rain) and how long ago it occurred (e.g., 11 days ago). Growers use this to gauge residual soil moisture and decide when to resume irrigation, as well as to plan field access after storms. Days-since-rain also informs disease pressure windows, leaching risk, and irrigation replacement calculations for vineyards, berries, and orchards.

Hourly Precipitation

Shows rain received each hour at the field. The header reports the current value at the latest timestamp (e.g., 0.00 inches at Today, 10:00 AM), while bars indicate recent hourly events and their intensity. Growers use this to pause/resume irrigation, plan spray/harvest windows around wet hours, and update water budgets based on the exact timing and intensity of rain.

Precipitation Totals and Forecast

Calendar view showing daily precipitation amounts for the month, with a running monthly total at the top (e.g., 1.72” rain) and lighter shading for days with expected precipitation; snow is flagged with an asterisk. Growers use this to see when and how much rain has (or will) fall, so they can plan irrigation pauses, spray and harvest windows, and field/labor access around wet days.

Recent Precipitation Totals

Table summarizing accumulated rain, snow, and total (liquid-equivalent) over standard time windows: 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, 7 days, 30 days, month-to-date, and since January 1. The rollups (e.g., 48 hours: 0.05”) show how much moisture was added recently versus season-to-date. Growers use this to decide when to resume irrigation, estimate soil water recharge and leaching risk, and support record-keeping/reporting for vineyards, berries, and orchards.

Cumulative Precipitation

Shows the running total of rainfall over time as a step curve, with the current total and the percent difference from normal. You can compare the past 12 months to the 30-year normal or select any year and overlay it against other years to see how this season tracks. This context helps growers judge drought/wetness, plan irrigation budgets and reservoir use, and adjust strategies like deficit irrigation or leaching across vineyards, berries, and orchards.

Non-Cumulative Precipitation

Shows a monthly (non-cumulative) precipitation comparing multiple years (e.g., 2023 vs 2024) against a 30-year normal line, with a tooltip indicating monthly rainfall ( e.g., November rainfall 2024: 187 mm, 2023: 40 mm, normal: 82 mm). For growers, this quickly reveals whether the season is wetter or drier than typical so they can adjust irrigation and water budgeting, and anticipate impacts on field access and disease pressure.

Wind Speed and Direction

Displays current wind (e.g., 11.0 mph SSW) with a time-series of sustained wind and gusts (dashed trace), and supports longer ranges (30/90 days, 1 year). Seeing both direction and gust intensity helps growers choose safe spray and harvest windows, reduce drift risk, and plan labor. It also informs irrigation timing (to limit wind-driven evaporation), operation of wind machines or heat protection, and precautions for nets/row covers in vineyards, berries, and orchards.

Total Precipitation

This bar chart shows the total precipitation in either daily or monthly totals and is normalized to liquid equivalent.

Rainfall is in blue while snowfall is in purple. Unlike the calendar view, snow is shown in liquid equivalent for easier comparison across months or days when the precipitation was mixed.

This reveals not just totals but the spacing and intensity of events—key for estimating soil recharge, leaching risk, and disease pressure.

Dates in the future show the forecasted precipitation up to 10 days out.

Air Temperature

Shows the current air temperature with a time-series of recent conditions; the dashed segment indicates the short-term forecast. In the expanded view you can switch between 30/90 days or 1 year to see seasonal patterns and diurnal swings. Growers use this to plan frost/heat protection, schedule irrigation based on ET demand, and choose safe spray/harvest windows for vineyards, berries, and orchards.

Soil Temperature (0-10cm)

Shows the current shallow soil temperature (e.g., 55 °F) with a time-series of the last few weeks; the expanded view lets you switch to 30/90-day or 1-year trends to see diurnal swings and seasonal changes. Temperature at this depth drives root activity and microbial/nutrient processes, so growers use it to time irrigation and fertigation, plan planting/cover-crop germination, and manage frost/heat-related risks in vineyards, berries, and orchards.

Relative Soil Moisture

This chart shows the soil moisture content for the top 10 centimeters of the soil as a percentage saturation and is updated once per day.

The percentage indicates how much water is in the soil relative to the saturation point and the wilting point. For example, a soil moisture level of 30% indicates that soil is relatively dry and could hold another 70% water before it becomes fully saturated. The values are relative to the soil type in the area, but may not be reflect the soil at an exact location.

Values are satellite-derived predictions from NASA SPoRT-LIS at 300m – 3 km resolution.

Snow Depth

This chart shows the approximate depth of the snow on the ground from the SNODAS model and is updated once per day.

It models accumulation, pack, melting, sublimation and blowing to estimate the average depth at the location you are viewing.

This helps growers anticipate spring meltwater/soil recharge, plan field access and pruning around snow cover, and assess frost and canopy/trellis risk in vineyards, berries, and orchards.

Data is assimilated from satellites, aerial surveys and ground stations.