Soil temperature in Québec, Quebec
Soil temperature
17.3°C63°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 17.3°C at 6cm and holding above 12.5°C.
Most cool-season lawns in the northern US and Canada are bluegrass, tall fescue, or a mix of the two. We assume that, and use12.5°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 ryegrass | 8°C | 5–10 |
| Red / chewings fescue | 8–10°C | 10–14 |
| Tall fescuelikely yours | 10–12°C | 10–14 |
| Browntop bentColonial bentgrass | 10–12°C | 14–21 |
| Smooth-stalked meadow grassKentucky bluegrasslikely yours | 12–13°C | 14–28 |
Soil temperature at 6cm in Québec, Quebec is currently 17.3°C, and falling about 15.7°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 Kentucky bluegrass with tall fescue, the usual mix for cool-season lawns at this latitude. That blend needs the soil to hold above 12.5°C before seed germinates reliably. Seeding conditions are open — soil is 17.3°C at 6cm and holding above 12.5°C.
6 of the next 10 days look workable. The best weekend slot right now is Sunday 10am–8pm, on the basis that rain earlier today, ground firm.
The next recommended window in Québec opens at 8am on Wednesday 2 September, because anything earlier is the hour your neighbours will remember. Underfoot, the ground reads as firm after 8mm 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. It crosses the seeding threshold inside this forecast.
12.5°C — seeding
Soil at 6cm 16.6°C cooling to 0.0°C
Tuesday 1 September: Not worth it. No — nothing quite good enough today.
Tuesday 1 SeptemberConfident
No — nothing quite good enough today.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Sunday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm8mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.61
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light22 km/h
Limiting factor:none
Wednesday 2 September: Good. 8am–8pm — no rain since Sunday, ground firm
Wednesday 2 September · 8am–8pmConfident
8am–8pm — no rain since Sunday, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Sunday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm1mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.86
- 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:none
Thursday 3 September: Good. No — 2.2mm of rain falling.
Thursday 3 SeptemberConfident
No — 2.2mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetraining now
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm1mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.74
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Friday 4 September: Marginal. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Friday 4 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetdew forming, no rain since Thursday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm12mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.76
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Saturday 5 September: Good. 4pm–8pm — dried off since a shower 1 hour ago, ground firm
Saturday 5 September · 4pm–8pmReasonably confident
4pm–8pm — dried off since a shower 1 hour ago, ground firm
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 1 hour ago
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm21mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.68
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the rain has passed
Limiting factor:none
Sunday 6 September: Good. 10am–8pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
Sunday 6 September · 10am–8pmReasonably confident
10am–8pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm24mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.63
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light3 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:none
Monday 7 September: Good. 8am–8pm — no rain since Saturday, ground firm
Monday 7 September · 8am–8pmReasonably confident
8am–8pm — no rain since Saturday, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Saturday
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm24mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.70
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light3 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:none
Tuesday 8 September: Good. midday–8pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 5 hours ago
Tuesday 8 September · midday–8pmReasonably confident
midday–8pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 5 hours ago
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 5 hours ago
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm24mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.67
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light12 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Wednesday 9 September: Not worth it. No — ground frozen.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground frozen.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm30mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.18
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light9 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Thursday 10 September: Not worth it. No — ground frozen.
Thursday 10 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground frozen.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetraining now
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm30mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.15
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
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