WxOutside
New Zealand
Developed by WxAdvisory Limited., WxOutside is a sensors, web dashboard and mobile app based solution for forecasting soil moisture and temperature. It can detect irrigation, handle unexpected weather events with ease, identify the field capacity and wilting point, and is accurate to within 99.5% of the final reading. The main features of solution include 1) Forecasting: WxOutside takes sensor data and weather forecasts, and models how the soil has responded in the past 2) Integration: Soil behaviour is then converted into a forecast, and returned to the irrigation controller 3) Irrigation: The irrigation controller then cancels or proceeds with planned irrigation.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
IoT/Sensor controlled water management, Weather forecasting, Farm advisory services
Delivery type (format)
Internet of Things / sensors
Mobile app
Web based platform
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agribusiness / private company
Name of supplier/developer
WxAdvisory Limited.
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
6723720 TELEMETRY READINGS MADE 6716610 FORECASTS PROVIDED 6712009 WEATHER QUESTIONS ANSWERED 6719509 TWITTER ALERTS SENT Source: Developer website.
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over New Zealand
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes