Farm Weather Apps for Canadian Farms

Short answer: start with the free baseline. Environment and Climate Change Canada's WeatherCAN app gives forecasts and official alerts across Canada, and Bayer's free Spray Forecast gives an hourly spray-oriented forecast for Canadian locations. Add a station service if you need measurements on your own farm, or a paid farm tool if you want forecasts and alerts organised around your farms.

Disclosure: AgriIntel publishes this guide and sells one of the tools listed. Every other entry uses only what the vendor or ECCC says on its own page, checked on November 5, 2026, and says "not stated" where the page is silent. Features and prices change, so confirm anything that matters at the source.

How we chose and checked these tools

Each tool below:

Is a weather tool, not a general farm-management suite (see our separate farm apps guide for those)
Has a public product page that we opened on November 5, 2026
Is described only from that page: cost, platforms, Canadian coverage and what it forecasts or measures
Is not ranked. Which one fits depends on whether you need a forecast, a measurement or both

The free baseline: ECCC and Bayer

Environment and Climate Change Canada, WeatherCAN:

Cost: free
Platforms: listed for Apple and Android devices
Coverage: current conditions and 7-day forecasts for more than 10,000 locations across Canada
Alerts: push notifications for severe weather, air quality and extreme temperatures. ECCC issues warnings, watches and advisories, and advisories include frost
Language: full support in English and French
Not stated: anything farm-specific such as spray conditions

Bayer Crop Science, Spray Forecast:

Cost: free to use in Canada, after accepting its terms; no account creation is described
Platform: a web tool. The page does not confirm separate iOS or Android apps
Forecasts: an hourly table of wind speed at about boom height and wind direction, temperature, relative humidity and inversion risk as a percentage
Coverage: locations within Canada only
Limits it states: for planning only, not a substitute for measuring wind with an anemometer; check conditions at application and follow the label
Not stated: alerts, wind gusts, rain or how many hours ahead it covers

Station-based services: measurements on your farm

Crop Intelligence, FarmGate:

Built, in its words, for Western Canadian farmers and their agronomists
Lists current and historical temperature, rain, wind and humidity, a frost event log, accumulated growing degree days, a spray conditions tool with a daily log, a 7-day forecast for the station's position, alerts and .xlsx export
Lists weather hardware packages, so plan on station hardware; confirm with a vendor
Price: not published; the page refers you to a local Crop Intelligence vendor
Platforms: not stated beyond a web launch

METOS North America (FieldClimate software):

Sensor hardware with software for weather forecasts, disease models, water management and work planning
Says data arrives every 5 minutes, on mobile and desktop
Sold as subscription packages that bundle hardware, software, training, warranty and in-field service
Canada: it recruits retailers across Canada and the USA. Price: not published

Semios, frost management:

Orchard-focused: in-canopy temperature sensors, inversion strength, wet-bulb temperature and dew point, with a 24-hour forecast per site
Frost alerts by text or email, triggered from in-canopy sensors every ten minutes, and wind machine monitoring and control
Installed and maintained by its field services team. The Semios Hub app is listed on the App Store and Google Play
Canada: the frost page says growers across North America and does not mention Canada specifically. Price: not published

Paid forecast and alert tools

DTN, MyDTN:

Combines weather forecasts updated hourly with grain bids, market commentary and alerts for weather impact or prices
Platform: a responsive website; the page does not name a MyDTN app
Canada: not stated on the product page. Price: not published; it asks you to contact DTN

AgriIntel (our product):

Current conditions and a five-day outlook for each saved farm's coordinates, in the farm's local time
A 24-hour spray strip of eight three-hour slots scored on wind, temperature and rain chance; missing wind shows as unknown, never calm
Frost, heat and wind alerts checked against each farm's forecast every three hours, shown on the dashboard and sent by email; no SMS or push notifications
Price: from $49 a month or $470.40 a year, in Canadian dollars, for up to 100 acres, with a 14-day trial that takes a card at checkout
Platforms: web, plus a free Android companion app on Google Play for existing accounts. No iOS app, no offline mode, English only
Does not measure anything on your farm, connect to stations, or forecast for each field separately

Coverage and geography

Check where a tool actually works before you compare features. Bayer's Spray Forecast is limited to Canadian locations. FarmGate describes itself as built for Western Canada. Semios's frost page speaks of North America without naming Canada, and DTN's MyDTN page does not say whether it is sold here. WeatherCAN and AgriIntel cover Canada. A missing statement is not proof that a tool is unavailable, so ask the vendor.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free weather app for Canadian farmers?

There is no single answer, but two free options cover a lot. WeatherCAN from ECCC gives forecasts and official alerts, including frost advisories, across Canada. Bayer's Spray Forecast adds an hourly wind, humidity and inversion-risk forecast aimed at spraying, for Canadian locations, on the web.

Which apps send frost alerts?

WeatherCAN sends push notifications for official severe-weather and extreme-temperature alerts. Semios sends frost alerts from its in-canopy sensors by text or email, and FarmGate lists customizable alerts. AgriIntel emails frost, heat and wind alerts from each farm's forecast every three hours. These are different kinds of alert: official, sensor-based and forecast-based.

Is there an AgriIntel app for iPhone?

Not yet. There is no iOS app. AgriIntel runs in a phone browser, and a free Android companion app on Google Play works with an existing account.

Try AgriIntel's forecast, spray strip and alerts on your own farm for 14 days. A card is required at checkout; cancel before the trial ends and you won't be charged.

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