Soil temperature in Limerick, Munster
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 Limerick, Munster is currently 14.7°C, and falling about 1.6°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.
8 of the next 10 days are good mowing days. The other 2 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 Limerick opens a sensible window. The ground reads as saturated after 41mm rain over the last week, and that is usually what decides it at this time of year.
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 17.5°C cooling to 14.4°C
Wednesday 2 September: Good. No — ground waterlogged.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass slightly damprain 2 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated41mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.94
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light11 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 3 September: Good. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Thursday 3 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated55mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.92
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light11 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 4 September: Good. No — ground saturated, 66mm rain over the last week.
Friday 4 SeptemberConfident
No — ground saturated, 66mm rain over the last week.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated66mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.65
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. No — ground saturated, 69mm rain over the last week.
Saturday 5 SeptemberConfident
No — ground saturated, 69mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Friday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated69mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.41
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light4 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Sunday 6 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Friday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft57mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.89
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature18°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Monday 7 September: Good. No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
Monday 7 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft46mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.58
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Tuesday 8 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Tuesday 8 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated50mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.49
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
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 saturated63mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.38
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light22 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. No — ground soft, 48mm rain over the last week.
Thursday 10 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground soft, 48mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft48mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.38
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light4 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 11 September: Not worth it. No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
Friday 11 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 0 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft30mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.58
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light17 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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