Wakefield, England
Best weekend slot
Saturday 8am–8pm
Verdict: Good
ground soft in places — 40mm rain over the last week
Next mow
Tomorrow 11am–8pm
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 16.7°C cooling to 14.4°C
Wednesday 2 September: Marginal. No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Monday
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places43mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.82
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 3 September: Good. 11am–8pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
Thursday 3 September · 11am–8pmConfident
11am–8pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places58mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.96
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Friday 4 September: Good. 2pm–8pm — ground soft in places — 44mm rain over the last week
Friday 4 September · 2pm–8pmConfident
2pm–8pm — ground soft in places — 44mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 0 hours ago
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places44mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.88
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the rain has passed
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. 8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 40mm rain over the last week
Saturday 5 September · 8am–8pmConfident
8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 40mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places40mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.81
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. midday–8pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
Sunday 6 September · midday–8pmReasonably confident
midday–8pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places38mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.97
- 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
Monday 7 September: Good. 8am–2pm — ground soft in places — 40mm rain over the last week
Monday 7 September · 8am–2pmReasonably confident
8am–2pm — ground soft in places — 40mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Sunday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places40mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.74
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Tuesday 8 September: Good. 8am–11am — ground soft — 42mm rain over the last week
Tuesday 8 September · 8am–11amReasonably confident
8am–11am — ground soft — 42mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft42mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.65
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light18 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. No — 6.7mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 6.7mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 5 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated61mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.39
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. No — ground saturated, 86mm rain over the last week.
Thursday 10 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground saturated, 86mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated86mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.38
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 11 September: Good. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Friday 11 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated85mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.44
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light3 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Soil temperature
15.3°C60°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.3°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.