Carlisle, England
Best weekend slot
Saturday 8am–8pm
Verdict: Good
rain earlier today, ground firm
Next mow
Tomorrow midday–4pm
Verdict: Good
grass dry — rain earlier today
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 15.6°C cooling to 12.5°C
Wednesday 2 September: Marginal. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetrain 5 hours ago
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm19mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.84
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 3 September: Good. midday–4pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
Thursday 3 September · midday–4pmConfident
midday–4pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm21mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.85
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Friday 4 September: Good. 1pm–8pm — ground soft in places — 27mm rain over the last week
Friday 4 September · 1pm–8pmConfident
1pm–8pm — ground soft in places — 27mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 4 hours ago
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places27mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.67
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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 firm28mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.52
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:none
Sunday 6 September: Not worth it. No — 0.7mm of rain falling.
Sunday 6 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.7mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetraining now
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places27mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.80
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Monday 7 September: Good. 9am–11am — grass dry — rain earlier today
Monday 7 September · 9am–11amReasonably confident
9am–11am — grass dry — rain earlier today
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places30mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.53
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light15 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Tuesday 8 September: Good. 8am–10am — grass slightly damp — rain earlier today
Tuesday 8 September · 8am–10amReasonably confident
8am–10am — grass slightly damp — rain earlier today
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft41mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.40
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light16 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. midday–8pm — ground soft — 46mm rain over the last week
Wednesday 9 September · midday–8pmReasonably confident
midday–8pm — ground soft — 46mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft46mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.28
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. 9am–8pm — barely growing — growth potential 0.20
Thursday 10 September · 9am–8pmLow confidence this far out
9am–8pm — barely growing — growth potential 0.20
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places46mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.20
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light3 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 — ground soft in places — 39mm rain over the last week
Friday 11 September · 8am–8pmLow confidence this far out
8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 39mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places39mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.36
- 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:ground firmness
Soil temperature
14.1°C57°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 14.1°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.