Hi everyone,
I’m trying to create a Flow to control my garden irrigation based on the weather, but I’m a bit stuck.
On my Homey Dashboard, I can see the weather widget perfectly fine. However, when I go to create a Flow and look under the “AND” section, I cannot find any cards or tags related to that default weather data.
Am I missing something, or is the built-in dashboard weather not included as a standard device/trigger for Flows? Do I absolutely need to download a third-party weather app to use weather conditions in my automations? If yes, which app is currently the most reliable and recommended for this?
Thanks in advance for the help!
You can use the Logic cards. There are tags available for Homey’s weather data which you can use.
The issue with Homey’s built-in weather data tags is that they are a bit too basic for my setup. They mostly provide just temperature, humidity, and pressure. For a smart irrigation system running a heavy 2 kW well pump, I need more advanced logic. I need to check parameters like cloud cover, rainfall from the past 24 hours (to know if the soil is already wet), and rain probability for the next 12 hours. Homey’s default weather data doesn’t offer that depth.
However, following your advice about the Logic cards, I found the perfect workaround: I am keeping the Open-Meteo app installed, but instead of using its proprietary orange trigger cards, I am using Homey’s gray Logic cards (“numerical value is less than”) and pulling the advanced weather tags directly from Open-Meteo inside them. This gives me all the advanced data I need right in the “AND” section!
Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction with the Logic cards!
