Weather Bot posts one daily log per project, every day, with the weather that was recorded at your job site — eight readings across the day, plus a note about which conditions could have blocked work. You turn it on per project from the Daily Log tab.
What It’s For
Weather delays tend to get discussed months after they happened, when the question is what you can show rather than what you remember. Weather Bot keeps that record going day by day, so nobody on the crew has to log the weather by hand.
Two details shape how the record reads. It pulls recorded weather after the day is over rather than a forecast, so the log describes what happened rather than what was expected. And it posts every day it’s running, including the uneventful ones — a continuous record is easier to rely on than one that only exists for the bad days.
Before You Turn It On
Weather Bot needs four things:
A Pro plan. Weather data comes from a paid weather service, so it’s a Pro feature.
A project status of “Construction in Progress.” Weather Bot only runs during construction. You’ll see the toggle on other projects, but it stays off until the status changes.
A US project address with a valid ZIP code. Weather Bot locates the job from the project’s ZIP, so US states and territories only.
An Owner, Admin, or Superuser role. Anyone else on the team can see the switch and its status, but only these roles can flip it. If your role can’t, a short line under the switch tells you so.
Turning It On
Open the project and go to the Daily Log tab.
Look just under the Daily Logs heading. There’s a switch with a status line next to it.
Flip the switch on.
That’s it. The status line changes to confirm it’s running and tells you when the next update lands.
If the switch won’t move, the status line is telling you why — for example, that the project isn’t in construction yet:
You can change the Project Status in the Overview tab, or from the dropdown just below the project name in the top left.
Reading the Status Line
The little dot beside the switch is a quick health check:
Green — Weather Bot is running, and the line tells you the next update time in the project’s own time zone.
Amber — the switch is on, but something is stopping it right now. The line names the reason: the plan dropped below Pro, the status moved off “Construction in Progress,” or the address needs another look.
Grey — it’s off.
If a pull went wrong or a day looks like it’s missing, a short amber note appears under the switch pointing you at the log in question.
What Lands in the Log
Each morning, just after 1 AM in the project’s local time, Weather Bot posts a single daily log covering the whole day before. It’s authored by “Weather Bot” rather than a person, and it reads like this:
The heading names the day and the moment the data was retrieved. Then come eight readings — midnight, 3 AM, 6 AM, 9 AM, noon, 3 PM, 6 PM and 9 PM — each with the temperature, the overall conditions, precipitation, wind speed and humidity.
Underneath that, Weather Bot adds a short read on how the day would have affected construction. If nothing crossed a line, it simply says there were no construction blockers. If something did, you get one line per issue, with how many hours it lasted and why it matters:
Concrete blocker — below 32 °F, where curing fails.
Concrete slow — below 40 °F, where curing drags.
Concrete heat — above 90 °F, where concrete can flash set or crack.
Wet work — meaningful rain or any snow, which gets in the way of excavation, paint, roofing and earthwork.
High wind — enough wind to affect cranes, lifts, roofing and scaffolding.
Freeze/ice — freezing temperatures with precipitation, an ice hazard and a problem for masonry.
Heat safety — a heat index at or above 90 °F, the range OSHA cares about.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
Your first log arrives the next morning. Weather Bot reports on completed days, so the day you switch it on is the first day it covers — and that log shows up the following morning. It doesn’t backfill the weeks before you turned it on.
One log per day, and it’s permanent. Weather Bot posts exactly one entry per project per day, and those entries can’t be edited or deleted. That’s deliberate — an automatic record is only useful if it can’t be revised after the fact.
Clients never see them. Weather Bot logs stay internal. They’re not shared to the client portal, and there’s no way to share them.
They don’t trigger notifications. Weather Bot logs are excluded from daily log notifications, so a project running the bot won’t generate a daily alert for the team.
They’re in your PDF export. Export logs as PDF on the Daily Log tab includes Weather Bot entries alongside everything else, so the weather record comes out with the rest of the log history.
It stops itself when the job’s done. When the project moves to construction completed, Weather Bot switches off on its own, so finished projects don’t keep collecting weather.
If your plan changes, it pauses rather than deletes. Drop below Pro and Weather Bot goes amber and stops pulling. Everything it already posted stays exactly where it is, and going back to Pro starts it up again.
The reading is regional, not rooftop. Weather Bot locates the job by its ZIP code, so the readings describe conditions across your area rather than measurements taken on your particular lot.
Turn it on from a computer. The switch lives in the web app. The logs themselves show up in the mobile app’s daily log feed like any other entry, read-only.
When a pull fails, it says so. If the weather service can’t be reached, Weather Bot still posts a log noting that the day couldn’t be retrieved, and tries again later the same day. A failed day is visible in the record rather than missing from it.
FAQ
Can I get weather for a project outside the US? Not today — Weather Bot covers US states and territories. If you need coverage outside the US, let us know, since that’s what tells us how much demand there is.
Can I turn it on for every project at once? No, it’s per project. Each job you want weather records for needs its own switch.
Can I edit a Weather Bot log to add my own notes? No, but you can post your own daily log on the same day saying whatever you like. The two sit side by side, and both come through in the PDF export.
I changed the project address. Do I need to do anything? Weather Bot picks up the new address on its next run and carries on. If the new address can’t be resolved, you’ll see a note under the switch explaining that.
Why is there no log for yesterday yet? Check the time. Weather Bot runs just after 1 AM in the project’s local time zone, so early-morning gaps are normal. The status line tells you exactly when the next update is due.
Can a project manager or field worker turn this on? No — Owners, Admins and Superusers only. They’ll still see the status and read every log.