Athlone, Leinster
Best weekend slot
Saturday 8am–7pm
Verdict: Good
ground soft in places — 50mm rain over the last week
Next mow
Today 7pm–8pm
Verdict: Good
grass damp — rain 3 hours ago
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 16.7°C cooling to 13.5°C
Wednesday 2 September: Good. 7pm–8pm — grass damp — rain 3 hours ago
Wednesday 2 September · 7pm–8pmConfident
7pm–8pm — grass damp — rain 3 hours ago
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass slightly damprain 4 hours ago
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places26mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.89
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light11 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 3 September: Good. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Thursday 3 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft39mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.80
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 4 September: Good. midday–9pm — ground soft — 53mm rain over the last week
Friday 4 September · midday–9pmConfident
midday–9pm — ground soft — 53mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft53mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.63
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. 8am–7pm — ground soft in places — 50mm rain over the last week
Saturday 5 September · 8am–7pmConfident
8am–7pm — ground soft in places — 50mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Thursday
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places50mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.51
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. 10am–11am — ground soft — 40mm rain over the last week
Sunday 6 September · 10am–11amReasonably confident
10am–11am — ground soft — 40mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 3 hours ago
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft40mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.84
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature18°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light24 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Monday 7 September: Good. 8am–11am — ground soft in places — 35mm rain over the last week
Monday 7 September · 8am–11amReasonably confident
8am–11am — ground soft in places — 35mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places35mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.55
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Tuesday 8 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Tuesday 8 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated37mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.40
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. No — ground waterlogged.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft54mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.40
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. 9am–8pm — grass dry — no rain since Wednesday
Thursday 10 September · 9am–8pmLow confidence this far out
9am–8pm — grass dry — no rain since Wednesday
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft41mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.36
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light4 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Friday 11 September: Good. 8am–2pm — ground soft — 26mm rain over the last week
Friday 11 September · 8am–2pmLow confidence this far out
8am–2pm — ground soft — 26mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft26mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.49
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light15 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Soil temperature
14.5°C58°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 14.5°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
Forecast from Open-Meteo, refreshed hourly. Soil temperature is modelled, not measured — how that works and where the thresholds come from.