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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. Enviro-weather draws data from the Michigan Automated Weather Network (MAWN) which includes weather stations in many of Michigan 's grape 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 is also a model for predicting black rot development, and the model for Concord grape weight. The data from these stations help with decision making -- keep in mind the most accurate measurements are those taken at the site of your vineyard.

Michigan Automated Weather Network (MAWN) stations
This is a partial listing of stations in major grape regions
Pick station from map at Enviro-weather.
Or select station from a list of all stations.
Bainbridge Center/ Watervliet Grand Junction Northport
Bear Lake Hart Old Mission
Benzonia Hartford Scottdale
Benton Harbor/ SWMREC Keeler (S. Hartford) South Haven
Constantine Kewadin Suttons Bay/ East Leland
East Lansing/ MSU campus Lawton Traverse City/ NWMHRS
Elk Rapids Ludington  
Fennville/ TNRC Mendon  

Weather equipment and use of degree days
- Some considerations when purchasing your own weather equipment
- How to use growing degree days for pest management

Cold and frost concerns
- Frost protection in vineyards (streaming video presentation)
- How cold can grapes go? About spring frosts. (from MSUE Van Buren County web site)
- Pest management in frost-damaged vineyards
- What to do in grapes, if you have a crop loss early in the season
- Poor fruit set due to cool bloom in grapes - Spring 2001. (from MSUE Van Buren County web site)

Climate and site selection
Specific climate and other data about Michigan to aid in developing a new vineyard. Also see our geographic information about siting vineyards in Berrien and Leelanau counties.

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.

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Funding for this web site provided by Project GREEEN, American Farmland Trust, EPA Region 5's Strategic Agricultural Initiative program, The National Foundation for IPM Education, the Center for Agricultural Partnerships and the MSU Integrated Pest Management Program
in collaboration with MSU Extension and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.
Updated 05/01/08 Contact: J.N. Landis.