What is the soil temperature in Galway, Connacht?

Soil temperature at 6cm in Galway, Connacht is currently 15.2°C. Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.2°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.

Soil temperature in Galway, Connacht

Soil temperature

15.2°C59°F

at 6cm — germination depth

Cooling over the next 11 days.

Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.2°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.

Soil temperature at 6cm for reliable germination. Sources onthe method page.
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

Soil temperature at 6cm in Galway, Connacht is currently 15.2°C, and falling about 1.2°C over the next 11 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. Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.2°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.

7 of the next 10 days are good mowing days. The other 3 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 Galway opens a sensible window. The ground reads as soft after 34mm rain over the last week, and that is usually what decides it at this time of year.

See the full mowing forecast for Galway

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 17.0°C cooling to 14.5°C

Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident

No — 0.8mm of rain falling.

Poor:Grass wetness: Grass wetraining now
Poor:Ground firmness: Ground soft34mm rain over the last week
Good:Growth: Growing wellgrowth potential 0.87
Good:Temperature: Temperature17°C
Good:Wind: Wind light12 km/h

Limiting factor:grass wetness

Thursday 3 SeptemberConfident

No — 0.2mm of rain falling.

Marginal:Grass wetness: Grass dryrain earlier today
Poor:Ground firmness: Ground saturated49mm rain over the last week
Good:Growth: Growing wellgrowth potential 0.85
Good:Temperature: Temperature17°C
Good:Wind: Wind light17 km/h