diff --git a/SunHat/Services/Trigger/TriggerEngineManager.swift b/SunHat/Services/Trigger/TriggerEngineManager.swift
index bc92cc1..7ccc74b 100644
--- a/SunHat/Services/Trigger/TriggerEngineManager.swift
+++ b/SunHat/Services/Trigger/TriggerEngineManager.swift
@@ -167,19 +167,14 @@ final class TriggerEngineManager: ObservableObject {
     private func handleBackgroundEvaluation(_ task: BGAppRefreshTask) async {
         logger.info("Starting background trigger evaluation")
 
-        guard let triggerEngine = triggerEngine else {
-            logger.error("TriggerEngine not configured for background evaluation")
-            task.setTaskCompleted(success: false)
-            return
-        }
-
-        let startTime = Date()
-
-        let workTask = Task { () -> [TriggerEvaluationResult] in
-            let results = await triggerEngine.evaluateAllActiveReminders()
-            guard !Task.isCancelled else { return [] }
-            await processEvaluationResults(results, isBackground: true)
-            return results
+        // Routed through the same guarded entry point as every other
+        // caller, so this can never run concurrently with a foreground or
+        // weather-refresh-triggered evaluation and double-count against
+        // the daily notification cap. evaluateAllReminders already does
+        // all the bookkeeping (isEvaluating, lastEvaluationTime,
+        // evaluationResults, performance metrics) this used to duplicate.
+        let workTask = Task {
+            await evaluateAllReminders(isBackground: true)
         }
 
         task.expirationHandler = {
@@ -187,14 +182,7 @@ final class TriggerEngineManager: ObservableObject {
             workTask.cancel()
         }
 
-        let results = await workTask.value
-        let duration = Date().timeIntervalSince(startTime)
-
-        lastEvaluationTime = Date()
-        evaluationResults = results
-        updatePerformanceMetrics(duration: duration)
-
-        logger.info("Background evaluation completed: \(results.count) reminders in \(duration)s")
+        await workTask.value
         scheduleBackgroundEvaluation()
         task.setTaskCompleted(success: !workTask.isCancelled)
     }
diff --git a/SunHat/ViewModels/DashboardViewModel.swift b/SunHat/ViewModels/DashboardViewModel.swift
index fddc2e4..4597f13 100644
--- a/SunHat/ViewModels/DashboardViewModel.swift
+++ b/SunHat/ViewModels/DashboardViewModel.swift
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ final class DashboardViewModel: ObservableObject {
 
             logger.info("Weather data refresh completed successfully")
 
+            // Fresh weather may satisfy a reminder's condition. Evaluation
+            // fetches weather per reminder location (not just this
+            // dashboard's own location), so it runs as an independent task
+            // rather than blocking this refresh's own isLoading state.
+            Task {
+                await TriggerEngineManager.shared.evaluateAllReminders()
+            }
+
         } catch is CancellationError {
             // A superseded refresh is not an error; leave current state as-is.
             isLoading = false
diff --git a/SunHatTests/TriggerEngineManagerTests.swift b/SunHatTests/TriggerEngineManagerTests.swift
index a3596c3..9a1806e 100644
--- a/SunHatTests/TriggerEngineManagerTests.swift
+++ b/SunHatTests/TriggerEngineManagerTests.swift
@@ -104,6 +104,61 @@ struct TriggerEngineManagerTests {
         #expect(persisted?.totalNotificationsSent == 1)
     }
 
+    @Test("The daily notification cap is enforced across different reminders in one evaluation cycle")
+    func dailyCapSuppressesLaterRemindersInSameCycle() async throws {
+        let container = try makeContainer()
+        let context = ModelContext(container)
+
+        let conditionA = TriggerCondition()
+        let reminderA = WeatherReminder(title: "Water plants", triggerCondition: conditionA)
+        let conditionB = TriggerCondition()
+        let reminderB = WeatherReminder(title: "Walk the dog", triggerCondition: conditionB)
+
+        let preferences = UserPreferences()
+        preferences.maximumDailyNotifications = 1
+        preferences.dailyNotificationCount = 0
+        // Avoid the test's outcome depending on the wall-clock time or day
+        // of week it happens to run on; only the daily cap is under test.
+        preferences.quietHoursEnabled = false
+        preferences.allowWeekendNotifications = true
+
+        context.insert(reminderA)
+        context.insert(reminderB)
+        context.insert(preferences)
+        try context.save()
+
+        let sender = RecordingTriggerNotificationSender()
+        let manager = TriggerEngineManager(
+            modelContainer: container,
+            registerBackgroundTask: false,
+            notificationManager: sender
+        )
+        let resultA = TriggerEvaluationResult(
+            reminderId: reminderA.id,
+            conditionData: ModelDataConverter.convertTriggerCondition(conditionA),
+            triggered: true,
+            triggerReason: "Condition met"
+        )
+        let resultB = TriggerEvaluationResult(
+            reminderId: reminderB.id,
+            conditionData: ModelDataConverter.convertTriggerCondition(conditionB),
+            triggered: true,
+            triggerReason: "Condition met"
+        )
+
+        // processEvaluationResults processes its results sequentially (a plain
+        // for loop, no concurrent dispatch), so within a single evaluation
+        // cycle the cap check for reminderB always sees reminderA's already-
+        // recorded delivery, regardless of the results' relative ordering.
+        await manager.processEvaluationResults([resultA, resultB])
+
+        #expect(await sender.deliveryCount == 1)
+        #expect(manager.triggeredReminders == [reminderA.id])
+
+        let refreshedPreferences = try Self.fetchPreferences(in: container)
+        #expect(refreshedPreferences?.dailyNotificationCount == 1)
+    }
+
     @Test("A failed delivery remains eligible for a later retry")
     func failedDeliveryCanRetry() async throws {
         let container = try makeContainer()
@@ -145,6 +200,13 @@ struct TriggerEngineManagerTests {
         return try context.fetch(descriptor).first
     }
 
+    /// Reads UserPreferences back through a fresh context, so assertions see
+    /// persisted state rather than the stale instance the test inserted.
+    private static func fetchPreferences(in container: ModelContainer) throws -> UserPreferences? {
+        let context = ModelContext(container)
+        return try context.fetch(FetchDescriptor<UserPreferences>()).first
+    }
+
     private func makeContainer() throws -> ModelContainer {
         let configuration = ModelConfiguration(
             schema: SunHatModelSchema.schema,
@@ -157,6 +219,19 @@ struct TriggerEngineManagerTests {
     }
 }
 
+private actor RecordingTriggerNotificationSender: TriggerNotificationSending {
+    private(set) var deliveryCount = 0
+
+    func configure(modelContainer: ModelContainer?) async {}
+
+    func sendTriggerNotification(
+        for result: TriggerEvaluationResult,
+        isBackground: Bool
+    ) async throws {
+        deliveryCount += 1
+    }
+}
+
 private actor FailOnceTriggerNotificationSender: TriggerNotificationSending {
     private(set) var deliveryCount = 0