Soil temperature in Sligo, Connacht
Soil temperature
13.9°C57°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 13.9°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 Sligo, Connacht is currently 13.9°C, and falling about 1.7°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 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 13.9°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.
5 of the next 10 days look workable. The other 5 are held back by wet grass or soft ground. The best weekend slot right now is Saturday midday–5pm, on the basis that ground soft in places — 36mm rain over the last week.
The next recommended window in Sligo opens at 1pm on Thursday 3 September, because that is when the dew has burnt off — earlier than that and you are cutting wet grass. Underfoot, the ground reads as soft in places after 26mm 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 15.8°C cooling to 13.0°C
Wednesday 2 September: Not worth it. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places26mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.85
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 3 September: Good. 1pm–3pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 4 hours ago
Thursday 3 September · 1pm–3pmConfident
1pm–3pm — grass dry — dried off since a shower 4 hours ago
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places25mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.74
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light7 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Friday 4 September: Not worth it. No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
Friday 4 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 0 hours ago
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places32mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.61
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Marginal:Wind
- Wind light23 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Saturday 5 September: Good. midday–5pm — ground soft in places — 36mm rain over the last week
Saturday 5 September · midday–5pmConfident
midday–5pm — ground soft in places — 36mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 5 hours ago
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places36mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.56
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light5 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts once the dew has burnt off
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Not worth it. No — 3.3mm of rain falling.
Sunday 6 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 3.3mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetraining now
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated28mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.74
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature18°C
- Marginal:Wind
- Breezy27 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Monday 7 September: Marginal. No — ground waterlogged.
Monday 7 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground waterlogged.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 1 hour ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated67mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.61
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Marginal:Wind
- Wind light24 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 dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated69mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.42
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light17 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 3 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated70mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.36
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light21 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. No — ground saturated, 69mm rain over the last week.
Thursday 10 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground saturated, 69mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated69mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.33
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light4 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 11 September: Good. No — 0.5mm of rain falling.
Friday 11 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.5mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated63mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.42
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light17 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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