Doncaster, England
Mowing
When you can next cut it, and the best slot this weekend.
Best weekend slot
Nothing doing
Verdict: Not worth it
conditions never quite get there. And nothing else in the next 10 days either.
Next mow
Nothing above 65% this week
Verdict: Not worth it
0.1mm of rain falling.
Best chance is Saturday at 45%.
The next 10 days
Each row is a day, morning on the left. The more solid a block, the more of the forecast runs agree you can mow. Open a day for the hour-by-hour forecast behind it.
Monday 19 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Monday 19 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% — — — Verdict Already gone Already gone Already gone Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it dark dark dark Rainchance · · · 30% 10% 12% 8% 0% 1% 6% 2% 4% 4% 11% 10% 9% Rainmm · · · 0.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — Grass · · · soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground · · · firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm Temp · · · 12° 12° 12° 12° 13° 13° 14° 14° 14° 14° 13° 13° 13° Windkm/h · · · 7 6 8 6 8 9 10 10 12 9 7 4 6 Daylight · · · ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — Growth: growing slowly (growth potential 0.25). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Monday 19 OctoberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
<5% forget it. Almost every run found the grass too wet.
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Tuesday 20 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
Tuesday 20 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% — — — Verdict dark dark dark Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it dark dark dark Rainchance 46% 57% 64% 62% 59% 61% 60% 52% 48% 56% 60% 58% 65% 62% 59% 43% Rainmm 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm soft soft soft Temp 13° 12° 12° 12° 12° 12° 12° 13° 13° 13° 12° 12° 11° 11° 11° 12° Windkm/h 12 13 13 12 8 14 13 15 15 15 13 9 8 8 6 6 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — Growth: growing slowly (growth potential 0.22). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Tuesday 20 OctoberConfident
No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
<5% forget it. Almost every run found the grass too wet.
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Wednesday 21 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 21 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% — — — Verdict dark dark dark Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it dark dark dark Rainchance 16% 13% 18% 23% 27% 28% 30% 32% 31% 34% 30% 38% 24% 31% 26% 16% Rainmm 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 9° 8° 8° 8° 9° 10° 12° 12° 13° 12° 12° 11° 10° 9° 8° 8° Windkm/h 7 7 6 4 6 7 8 8 9 12 17 20 19 17 15 14 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.11). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Wednesday 21 OctoberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
<5% forget it. Almost every run found the grass too wet.
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 22 October: nothing to cut. Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.06). Conditions themselves are fine.
Thursday 22 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% 10% 35% 55% 55% — — — Verdict nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing Rainchance 4% 7% 8% 1% 3% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5% 4% 4% 7% 14% 16% 39% Rainmm — — 0.1 — — — — — — — — — 0.1 — 0.1 0.4 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked wet damp damp wet wet wet Ground soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 6° 6° 6° 6° 7° 7° 8° 9° 10° 10° 11° 11° 11° 10° 9° 9° Windkm/h 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 9 10 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.06). Not enough to be worth cutting, which is why no hour is recommended today whatever the weather does.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Thursday 22 OctoberReasonably confident
Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.06). Conditions themselves are fine.
55% nothing to cut. About half the runs found the grass barely growing.
Nothing to cut. The odds below describe the weather only — growth decides whether a cut is wanted, and it is judged separately.
Limiting factor:growth
Friday 23 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Friday 23 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% — — — Verdict dark dark dark Forget it Forget it ground waterlogged ground waterlogged ground waterlogged ground waterlogged ground waterlogged ground waterlogged ground waterlogged ground waterlogged dark dark dark Rainchance 55% 43% 46% 38% 39% 36% 60% 47% 33% 34% 36% 41% 28% 21% 24% 11% Rainmm 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground soft soft soft soft soggy bog bog bog bog bog bog bog bog bog soggy soggy Temp 12° 12° 12° 12° 12° 12° 12° 13° 13° 12° 12° 12° 11° 9° 9° 8° Windkm/h 29 29 28 25 21 17 14 13 12 11 12 14 19 27 32 33 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.15). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Friday 23 OctoberReasonably confident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
<5% forget it. Almost every run found the grass too wet.
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Saturday 24 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Saturday 24 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — 35% 35% 40% 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% 35% — — — Verdict dark dark dark Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Pushing it dark dark dark Rainchance 12% 10% 15% 7% 14% 11% 8% 8% 12% 14% 16% 22% 18% 18% 18% 18% Rainmm 0.1 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 Grass soaked wet wet wet wet damp damp damp damp damp damp damp damp wet wet wet Ground soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy Temp 9° 9° 9° 9° 9° 10° 11° 11° 11° 11° 11° 10° 9° 9° 9° 9° Windkm/h 33 32 32 30 27 26 27 25 23 22 20 18 17 15 14 14 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.10). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Saturday 24 OctoberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
45% touch and go. About half the runs found the ground too soft.
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 25 October: no hours worth using. No — ground soft in places, 37mm rain over the last week, medium (loam) soil.
Sunday 25 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — 20% 15% 20% 20% 20% 35% 40% 35% 30% 40% — — — — Verdict dark dark Pushing it Forget it Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Touch and go dark dark dark dark Rainchance 24% 20% 24% 20% 20% 18% 31% 14% 18% 18% 29% 14% 24% 27% 10% 22% Rainmm 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked wet wet wet wet wet wet wet wet wet wet Ground soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy Temp 15° 15° 16° 17° 17° 16° 14° 12° 10° 9° 9° 9° 8° 8° 8° 8° Windkm/h 18 19 21 22 24 24 24 23 21 21 20 20 19 19 19 20 Daylight — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.18). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Sunday 25 OctoberLow confidence this far out
No — ground soft in places, 37mm rain over the last week, medium (loam) soil.
40% touch and go. About half the runs found the ground too soft.
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Monday 26 October: nothing to cut. Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.05).
Monday 26 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — 20% 15% 15% 15% 10% 10% 5% 5% <5% <5% — — — — Verdict nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing Rainchance 12% 16% 18% 14% 12% 16% 16% 12% 27% 10% 16% 16% 24% 14% 18% 20% Rainmm 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy Temp 6° 6° 6° 6° 7° 7° 8° 8° 8° 8° 9° 9° 9° 9° 9° 9° Windkm/h 7 8 9 11 13 15 16 16 15 12 10 10 11 12 12 10 Daylight — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.05). Not enough to be worth cutting, which is why no hour is recommended today whatever the weather does.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Monday 26 OctoberReasonably confident
Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.05).
20% nothing to cut. About 2 runs in 3 found the grass barely growing.
Nothing to cut. The odds below describe the weather only — growth decides whether a cut is wanted, and it is judged separately.
Limiting factor:growth
Tuesday 27 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
Tuesday 27 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — <5% <5% <5% 10% 10% 25% 35% 35% 35% 40% — — — — Verdict dark dark Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Pushing it Touch and go dark dark dark dark Rainchance 16% 18% 14% 20% 12% 14% 14% 18% 16% 22% 24% 27% 20% 14% 8% 10% Rainmm 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked wet wet wet wet wet wet wet damp Ground soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy Temp 14° 15° 15° 15° 15° 14° 14° 14° 13° 13° 13° 12° 12° 12° 11° 11° Windkm/h 25 26 27 28 28 28 29 29 28 27 26 25 23 22 21 21 Daylight — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — Growth: growing slowly (growth potential 0.22). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Tuesday 27 OctoberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
40% touch and go. About half the runs found the grass too wet.
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Wednesday 28 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 28 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — 45% 45% 45% 45% 50% 50% 55% 55% 55% 60% — — — — Verdict dark dark Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go Touch and go dark dark dark dark Rainchance 29% 0% 10% 12% 4% 6% 14% 6% 8% 16% 12% 6% 12% 18% 6% 2% Rainmm 0.3 — 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 0.1 — — — 0.1 0.1 — Grass wet wet wet wet wet wet damp damp damp damp damp damp damp damp damp damp Ground soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 9° 9° 9° 10° 11° 11° 12° 12° 13° 12° 12° 12° 12° 11° 11° 11° Windkm/h 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 Daylight — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.14). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.Chance is the share of 94 forecast runs — the same weather models re-run from slightly different starting conditions — in which you could have mowed that hour. The rows below it are what those runs expect on average, which is why an hour can look reasonable line by line and still fall short: the chance only counts runs where everything came together at once. Hover any cell for what the runs that ruled it out actually hit.
Wednesday 28 OctoberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
60% touch and go. About 1 run in 3 found the ground too soft.
Limiting factor:ground firmness
good to go touch and go dark, frost or snow already goneFainter means fewer forecast runs agree.
Growth
How fast it is growing, and when it will need cutting again.
25%Growing slowly
Of the fastest this grass could grow. The turf-industry measure, from today's temperature and day length.
Growing slowly — roughly 0.9mm a day. It will not put on enough to need cutting within the next 10 days.
Held back by both temperature and short days — 10.3 hours of daylight at 12°C.
- Over the next 10 days
- about 5mm of leaf
- Next cut due
- not within the next ten days
This only knows temperature and day length. Feeding, watering, shade and cutting height all move it, so treat it as a rough guide.
Worked out from the PACE Turf growth potential model and day length —how and why.
Seeding
Soil temperature at germination depth, and when the window opens.
Soil temperature in Doncaster, England
10.9°C52°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Soil is warming — it should cross 9°C in about 8 days, though the forecast doesn't run far enough to confirm it holds.
Cooling over the next 10 days.
Cross-checks against an independent estimate from air temperature (11.5°C), which agrees to within 0.1°C.
Almost every UK and Irish lawn is a ryegrass and fescue mix, whether it was sown or turfed. We assume that, and use 9°C as the seeding threshold.
Thresholds for every species
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 needed | Days to sprout |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Feeding
Why timing decides whether a feed does anything at all.
Coming in the app
Grass takes up nitrogen when it is growing. Feed a lawn that has stopped and most of it washes past the roots — which is why timing beats product choice.
Right now this lawn is not growing fast enough to make much use of a feed.
The app will work out the actual feeding windows for your lawn — along with weed control, scarifying and moss treatment — and tell you when they open without you having to check.
Doncaster, England in detail
Soil temperature in Doncaster, England is currently 10.9°C at 6cm, and falling about 1.2°C over the next 10 days. That depth matters because it is where grass seed sits and where roots start working, and it lags air temperature by days — which is why a warm afternoon here tells you very little on its own.
Lawns in this area are typically perennial ryegrass with fescue, which is what most lawns round here are sown with. That blend needs the soil to hold above 9°C before seed germinates reliably. Soil is warming — it should cross 9°C in about 8 days, though the forecast doesn't run far enough to confirm it holds.
2 of the next 10 days look workable. The other 8 are held back by wet grass or soft ground. As for the weekend: nothing doing. conditions never quite get there. And nothing else in the next 10 days either.
Nothing in the current forecast for Doncaster opens a sensible window. The ground reads as firm after 7mm rain over the last week, medium (loam) soil, and that is usually what decides it at this time of year.
