Weather Climate Stress Resources
Tyler Farm, Choteau County
Websites for Checking the Weather
Accuweather- Includes radar, satellite, current conditions, severe weather, and 5-day forecast
National Weather Service/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mobile Apps for Checking the Weather (find on your App Store for your mobile device)
AccuWeather(Cost: Free with In-App Purchases) – App with live forecast news, weather updates, and severe storm alerts. Also includes stats such ass dew point, UV index, visibility, allergy, precipitation, and air quality reports.
AgMobile (Cost: Free with In-App Purchases) – An app from AgriCharts and Successful Farming which includes a section on weather conditions, forecasts, maps and ag-specific data based on your current location.
Dark Sky Weather (Cost: $3.99) – An accurate source of hyperlocal weather information with hour-by-hour
forecasts for the next day and week.
DTN/The Progressive Farmer: Agriculture News (Cost: Free, only available on iPAD) – An agriculture app with a section on real-time
agriculture weather information including animated radar and satellite map, five-day
local forecasts for U.S. and Canadian locations, hour-by-hour forecast, daily morning
market weather outlook video, detailed current conditions for your location, twenty
additional weather maps specifically for agriculture professionals.
FarmLogs (Cost: Free with other subscription levels) – a farm management app with in-season
satellite images to identiyfy yield threats.
NOAA Hi-Def Radar Pro(Cost: Free with In-App Purchases) – An app for tracking storms and forecast using real-time animated weather radar images.
The Weather Channel (Cost: Free) – App for weather information with live radar, storm tracker, weather maps, and severe weather alerts. It also includes forecast for the next two weeks, local maps and forecast, and Flu Insights.
Articles about our changing climate
Carbon Sequestration: Addressing Climate Change and Food Security through Sustainable Agriculture
Climate Science 101 for Montana
Disaster Assistance for Farmers
A curated list of current disaster programs, all of which are available to farmers, with advice about moving forward from a disaster.
Successful Farming - A website with a section on Weather with Current and future conditions, severe weather, and Weather news. Includes temperature, wind speed humidity, dew point, pressure, and visibility. (Also includes a section on Commodity Prices.)