Soil temperature in Oban, Scotland
Soil temperature
10.9°C52°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Warming over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 10.9°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 Oban, Scotland is currently 10.9°C, and barely moving. 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 10.9°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.
None of the next 10 days are worth getting the mower out for. The other 10 are held back by wet grass or soft ground. As for the weekend: nothing doing. ground waterlogged. And nothing else in the next 10 days either.
Nothing in the current forecast for Oban opens a sensible window. The ground reads as soft after 30mm 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 12.9°C cooling to 12.4°C
Wednesday 2 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft30mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.56
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 3 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Thursday 3 SeptemberConfident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft36mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.68
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Friday 4 September: Not worth it. No — 1.1mm of rain falling.
Friday 4 SeptemberConfident
No — 1.1mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetrain 4 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft37mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.56
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Saturday 5 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Saturday 5 SeptemberConfident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft47mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.50
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light9 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Not worth it. No — 1.0mm of rain falling.
Sunday 6 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 1.0mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetraining now
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated47mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.52
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Monday 7 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Monday 7 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated80mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.48
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Tuesday 8 September: Not worth it. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Tuesday 8 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass slightly damprain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated108mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.34
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Wednesday 9 September: Not worth it. No — ground waterlogged.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated97mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.30
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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 Tuesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated90mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.30
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 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 Tuesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated89mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.38
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light13 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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