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Hourly and daily weather data
MSU hosts Enviro-weather, an Internet resource with weather data for pest management and other plant production practices. The data is drawn from the Michigan Automated Weather Network (MAWN), which includes weather stations in many of Michigan 's cherry growing regions. Pick the station nearest you to get daily or hourly information such as air and soil temperatures, leaf wetness, precipitation, wind speed and growing degree day accumulations. There are models for disease development and planning insect management. The data from these stations help with decision making -- keep in mind the most accurate measurements are those taken at the site of your orchard.

Sample of what you find at Enviro-weather

  • Models for predicting cherry leaf spot.
  • Models for timing management of plum curculio.
  • Overnight temperatures to check for frost last night and in tonight's forecast.

Michigan Automated Weather Network (MAWN) stations
This is a partial listing of stations in major cherry growing regions.

Bainbridge
Bear Lake
Belding
Benton Harbor/SWMREC
Benzonia
Clarksville
Commerce Township
East Leland
Eastport
Elk Rapids
Fennville
Fremont
Grand Junction
Hart
Hartford
Hudsonville
Keeler (S. Hartford)
Kewadin
Northport
Lawton
Ludington
Old Mission
Scottdale
South Haven
Sparta
Traverse City/NWMHRS
Watervliet
West Olive
Pick station from map at Enviro-weather or select station from a list of all stations.

Weather equipment and use of degree days
Some considerations:

Freezes/Cold hardiness
Assessing the impact of freeze and other cold hardiness issues:

Cutting cherry buds to assess frost damage
  Cutting cherry buds to assess damage.

Climate
How do this year's temperatures and precipitation compare to last year's? This and other climate information available at the Pileus Project web site.
Some of the topics and tools at Pileus Project:

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05/01/08
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