Wexford, Leinster
Best weekend slot
Saturday 8am–5pm
Verdict: Good
ground soft in places — 35mm rain over the last week
Next mow
Today 3pm–9pm
Verdict: Good
ground soft in places — 37mm rain over the last week
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 18.4°C cooling to 14.5°C
Wednesday 2 September: Good. 3pm–9pm — ground soft in places — 37mm rain over the last week
Wednesday 2 September · 3pm–9pmConfident
3pm–9pm — ground soft in places — 37mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places37mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.95
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 3 September: Good. 8am–8pm — no rain since Wednesday, ground firm
Thursday 3 September · 8am–8pmConfident
8am–8pm — no rain since Wednesday, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm43mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.94
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light12 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:none
Friday 4 September: Good. 1pm–9pm — ground soft in places — 31mm rain over the last week
Friday 4 September · 1pm–9pmConfident
1pm–9pm — ground soft in places — 31mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places31mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.73
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. 8am–5pm — ground soft in places — 35mm rain over the last week
Saturday 5 September · 8am–5pmConfident
8am–5pm — ground soft in places — 35mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Friday
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places35mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.55
- 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:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. 5pm–9pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 2 hours ago
Sunday 6 September · 5pm–9pmReasonably confident
5pm–9pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 2 hours ago
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 2 hours ago
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places33mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.91
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature18°C
- Marginal:Wind
- Breezy31 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts once the rain has passed
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Monday 7 September: Good. 8am–2pm — ground soft in places — 30mm rain over the last week
Monday 7 September · 8am–2pmReasonably confident
8am–2pm — ground soft in places — 30mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places30mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.68
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light16 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–10am — ground soft — 32mm rain over the last week
Tuesday 8 September · 8am–10amReasonably confident
8am–10am — ground soft — 32mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places32mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.65
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Marginal:Wind
- Wind light12 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. 10am–8pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
Wednesday 9 September · 10am–8pmReasonably confident
10am–8pm — grass dry — rain earlier today
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft44mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.38
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 10 September: Good. 8am–2pm — grass dry — no rain since Wednesday
Thursday 10 September · 8am–2pmLow confidence this far out
8am–2pm — grass dry — no rain since Wednesday
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places38mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.33
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°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: Not worth it. No — 0.5mm of rain falling.
Friday 11 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.5mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places37mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.62
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light11 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Soil temperature
15.8°C60°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.8°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.