Soil temperature in Stafford, England
Soil temperature
14.3°C58°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 14.3°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.
| 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 Stafford, England is currently 14.3°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 14.3°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 10am–8pm, on the basis that ground soft in places — 31mm rain over the last week.
The next recommended window in Stafford 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 59mm 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 14.2°C
Wednesday 2 September: Marginal. No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.4mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Monday
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places59mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.85
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Thursday 3 September: Good. 8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 62mm rain over the last week
Thursday 3 September · 8am–8pmConfident
8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 62mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places62mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.99
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light15 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 4 September: Good. 7pm–8pm — ground soft — 35mm rain over the last week
Friday 4 September · 7pm–8pmConfident
7pm–8pm — ground soft — 35mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 5 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft35mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.86
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light16 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. 8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 36mm rain over the last week
Saturday 5 September · 8am–8pmConfident
8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 36mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places36mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.67
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light9 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. 10am–8pm — ground soft in places — 31mm rain over the last week
Sunday 6 September · 10am–8pmReasonably confident
10am–8pm — ground soft in places — 31mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places31mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.95
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature15°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light12 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighboursstarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Monday 7 September: Good. 8am–8pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
Monday 7 September · 8am–8pmReasonably confident
8am–8pm — rain earlier today, ground firm
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm21mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.74
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:none
Tuesday 8 September: Good. 8am–11am — ground soft — 20mm rain over the last week
Tuesday 8 September · 8am–11amReasonably confident
8am–11am — ground soft — 20mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places20mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.62
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light16 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. No — 1.4mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 1.4mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 1 hour ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated35mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.36
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Marginal:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. 11am–8pm — ground soft — 41mm rain over the last week
Thursday 10 September · 11am–8pmLow confidence this far out
11am–8pm — ground soft — 41mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft41mm rain over the last week
- Marginal:Growth
- Growing slowlygrowth potential 0.30
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighbours
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 11 September: Good. 8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 41mm rain over the last week
Friday 11 September · 8am–8pmLow confidence this far out
8am–8pm — ground soft in places — 41mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Marginal:Ground firmness
- Ground soft in places41mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.46
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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