OFF!Cast Mosquito Forecast™, Powered by The Weather Channel App
To help families protect themselves from mosquitoes, the OFF!® brand partnered with The Weather Channel, the world’s leading weather provider , to integrate the OFF!Cast Mosquito Forecast™ into its flagship consumer brand The Weather Channel app, helping millions2 of people check their local mosquito and weather outlook simultaneously across multiple platforms.
OFF!Cast Mosquito Forecast™ uses mosquito behavior and populations to predict mosquito risk levels to help consumers prepare and stay protected during their outdoor adventures.
How it works: Helping people become mosquito-ready
The collaboration combines OFF!® and The Weather Channel teams’ respective expertise and insights to help people live well and enjoy the outdoors.
Incorporating over 15 billion climate data points and real-world mosquito data from 5,000 locations, the OFF!Cast Mosquito Forecast™ combines entomology research on local mosquito species with detailed weather data inputs to predict mosquito populations and activity levels by ZIP code.
OFF!Cast leverages the deep meteorological expertise and enhanced data from The Weather Company, the world’s most accurate weather3 forecaster. Datasets include historical and forecast temperature, humidity and precipitation for predicting mosquito sources, as well as forecast conditions that drive day-of mosquito activity.
How to view your OFF!Cast Forecast
- The OFF!Cast Mosquito Forecast™ continues to be available on OFF.com, but now with improved weather data from The Weather Channel.
- The OFF!Cast feature is also visible in The Weather Channel app on iOS and Android. Check out the Daily and Outdoor Activity tabs for the risk level of mosquito activity based on local weather conditions for today and the days ahead.
- To know your mosquito risk for the area, sign up for weekly forecast emails on the OFF.com website or from within the OFF!Cast tool on The Weather Channel properties.
- Learn more about mosquitoes and how to avoid them with educational, integrated content across The Weather Channel app and OFF.com.
Sources
1 According to Top Downloadable Weather Apps in 2024, by Active Users, from Sensor Tower (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2024).
2 Based on the average of the total monthly (non-unique) users for Jan - Dec '24 across The Weather Company digital properties and consumer products, according to internal, global data.
3 ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview, 2017-2022, https://forecastwatch.com/AccuracyOverview 2017-2022, commissioned by The Weather Company.