Aberdeen, Scotland
Best weekend slot
Saturday 8am–8pm
Verdict: Good
rain earlier today, ground firm
Next mow
Today 8am–9pm
Verdict: Good
rain earlier today, ground firm
The next 10 days
Column height is how mowable the day is; the lighter band is the best stretch within it. The line is soil temperature at 6cm.
9°C — seeding
Soil at 6cm 13.6°C cooling to 12.9°C
Wednesday 2 September: Good. 8am–9pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
Wednesday 2 September · 8am–9pmConfident
8am–9pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm12mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.46
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:none
Thursday 3 September: Good. 11am–9pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 5 hours ago
Thursday 3 September · 11am–9pmConfident
11am–9pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 5 hours ago
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 5 hours ago
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm12mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.86
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light12 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Friday 4 September: Good. 8am–11am — no rain since Thursday, ground firm
Friday 4 September · 8am–11amConfident
8am–11am — no rain since Thursday, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Thursday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm15mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.64
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:none
Saturday 5 September: Good. 8am–8pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
Saturday 5 September · 8am–8pmConfident
8am–8pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm8mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.60
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:none
Sunday 6 September: Marginal. No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
Sunday 6 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Friday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm7mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.56
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light13 km/h
Limiting factor:none
Monday 7 September: Good. 10am–11am — rain earlier today, ground firm
Monday 7 September · 10am–11amReasonably confident
10am–11am — rain earlier today, ground firm
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass slightly damprain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm20mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.42
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:none
Tuesday 8 September: Good. 11am–2pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.30
Tuesday 8 September · 11am–2pmReasonably confident
11am–2pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.30
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm24mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.30
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the rain has passed
Limiting factor:growth
Wednesday 9 September: Good. 8am–8pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.24
Wednesday 9 September · 8am–8pmReasonably confident
8am–8pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.24
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm24mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.24
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:growth
Thursday 10 September: Good. 8am–8pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.29
Thursday 10 September · 8am–8pmLow confidence this far out
8am–8pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.29
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Tuesday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm24mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.29
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:growth
Friday 11 September: Good. 8am–8pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.29
Friday 11 September · 8am–8pmLow confidence this far out
8am–8pm — growing slowly — growth potential 0.29
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Tuesday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm22mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.29
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light5 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:growth
Soil temperature
11.4°C53°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 11.4°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.
Almost every UK and Irish lawn is a ryegrass and fescue mix, whether it was sown or turfed. We assume that, and use9°C as the seeding threshold.
I know what grass I have
The differences are small. Ryegrass is the quickest off the mark; bluegrass is the slowest and wants the warmest soil. Everything else sits between.
| Species | Soil temp | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Perennial ryegrasslikely yours | 8°C | 5–10 |
| Red / chewings fescuelikely yours | 8–10°C | 10–14 |
| Tall fescue | 10–12°C | 10–14 |
| Browntop bentColonial bentgrass | 10–12°C | 14–21 |
| Smooth-stalked meadow grassKentucky bluegrass | 12–13°C | 14–28 |
What this means right now
Good: Seeding window open
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 11.4°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.
Forecast from Open-Meteo, refreshed hourly. Soil temperature is modelled, not measured — how that works and where the thresholds come from.