What is the soil temperature in Liverpool, England?

Soil temperature at 6cm in Liverpool, England is currently 15.3°C. Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.3°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.

Soil temperature in Liverpool, England

Soil temperature

15.3°C60°F

at 6cm — germination depth

Cooling over the next 11 days.

Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.3°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 Liverpool, England is currently 15.3°C, and falling about 2.4°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 15.3°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 midday–2pm, on the basis that ground soft — 62mm rain over the last week.

The next recommended window in Liverpool opens at 8am on Thursday 3 September, because anything earlier is the hour your neighbours will remember. Underfoot, the ground reads as soft in places after 38mm rain over the last week.

See the full mowing forecast for Liverpool

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 16.8°C cooling to 14.4°C

Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident

No — 1.1mm of rain falling.

Poor:Grass wetness: Grass wetraining now
Marginal:Ground firmness: Ground soft in places38mm rain over the last week
Good:Growth: Growing wellgrowth potential 0.89
Good:Temperature: Temperature15°C
Good:Wind: Wind light11 km/h

Limiting factor:grass wetness

Thursday 3 September · 8am–5pmConfident

8am–5pm — ground soft — 58mm rain over the last week

Good:Grass wetness: Grass dryrain earlier today
Marginal:Ground firmness: Ground soft58mm rain over the last week
Good:Growth: Growing wellgrowth potential 0.97
Good:Temperature: Temperature18°C
Good:Wind: Wind light19 km/h
Sociable hours: A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial