Soil temperature in Kilkenny, Leinster
Soil temperature
14.7°C58°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 14.7°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 Kilkenny, Leinster is currently 14.7°C, and falling about 2.6°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 14.7°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.
9 of the next 10 days are good mowing days. The other one is held back by wet grass or soft ground. The best weekend slot right now is Sunday 8pm–9pm, on the basis that ground soft — 44mm rain over the last week.
The next recommended window in Kilkenny opens at 9am on Thursday 3 September, because anything earlier is the hour your neighbours will remember. Underfoot, the ground reads as soft after 50mm 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 17.7°C cooling to 13.8°C
Wednesday 2 September: Good. No — ground soft, 50mm rain over the last week.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — ground soft, 50mm rain over the last week.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft50mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.98
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light9 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 3 September: Good. 9am–3pm — ground soft — 61mm rain over the last week
Thursday 3 September · 9am–3pmConfident
9am–3pm — ground soft — 61mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft61mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.95
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature16°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 4 September: Good. 7pm–9pm — ground soft — 49mm rain over the last week
Friday 4 September · 7pm–9pmConfident
7pm–9pm — ground soft — 49mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft49mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.67
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light15 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. No — 0.9mm of rain falling.
Saturday 5 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.9mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Friday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft52mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.38
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light3 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. 8pm–9pm — ground soft — 44mm rain over the last week
Sunday 6 September · 8pm–9pmReasonably confident
8pm–9pm — ground soft — 44mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain 1 hour ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft44mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.89
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature18°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light24 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Your neighbours will remember itstarts once the rain has passed
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Monday 7 September: Good. 8am–2pm — ground soft — 34mm rain over the last week
Monday 7 September · 8am–2pmReasonably confident
8am–2pm — ground soft — 34mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places34mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.62
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 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 — 0.8mm of rain falling.
Tuesday 8 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.8mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass slightly damprain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated37mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.62
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light5 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. No — ground waterlogged.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated51mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.32
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. 8am–8pm — ground soft — 37mm rain over the last week
Thursday 10 September · 8am–8pmLow confidence this far out
8am–8pm — ground soft — 37mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft37mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.30
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light4 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 11 September: Not worth it. 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
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft32mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.49
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light11 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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