Soil temperature in Huddersfield, England
Soil temperature
15.0°C59°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.0°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 |
Soil temperature at 6cm in Huddersfield, England is currently 15.0°C, and falling about 3.1°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 15.0°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.
6 of the next 10 days look workable. The other 4 are held back by wet grass or soft ground. The best weekend slot right now is Sunday 1pm–5pm, on the basis that ground soft — 53mm rain over the last week.
The next recommended window in Huddersfield opens at 4pm on Thursday 3 September, and holds while conditions stay put. Underfoot, the ground reads as soft in places after 32mm 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 16.3°C cooling to 13.8°C
Wednesday 2 September: Not worth it. No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass slightly dampraining now
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places32mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.80
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light9 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 3 September: Good. 4pm–6pm — ground soft — 46mm rain over the last week
Thursday 3 September · 4pm–6pmConfident
4pm–6pm — 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
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.94
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light18 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighbours
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 4 September: Good. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Friday 4 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 3 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated48mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.84
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. No — ground saturated, 55mm rain over the last week.
Saturday 5 SeptemberConfident
No — ground saturated, 55mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated55mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.75
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. 1pm–5pm — ground soft — 53mm rain over the last week
Sunday 6 September · 1pm–5pmReasonably confident
1pm–5pm — ground soft — 53mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft53mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.95
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighbours
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Monday 7 September: Good. 8am–2pm — ground soft — 54mm rain over the last week
Monday 7 September · 8am–2pmReasonably confident
8am–2pm — ground soft — 54mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft54mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.67
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light17 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Tuesday 8 September: Good. No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
Tuesday 8 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated58mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.60
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 9 September: Not worth it. No — 5.4mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 5.4mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated81mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.33
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 10 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Thursday 10 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground waterlogged.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated101mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.31
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light7 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 11 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Friday 11 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground waterlogged.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated82mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.37
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light3 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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