Soil temperature in Waterford, Munster
Soil temperature
15.6°C60°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Seeding conditions are open — soil is 15.6°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 Waterford, Munster is currently 15.6°C, and falling about 2.7°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 15.6°C at 6cm and holding above 9°C.
8 of the next 10 days are good mowing days. The other 2 are held back by wet grass or soft ground. As for the weekend: nothing doing. conditions never quite get there.
The next recommended window in Waterford opens at midday on Monday 7 September, and holds while conditions stay put. Underfoot, the ground reads as saturated after 67mm 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 18.5°C cooling to 14.3°C
Wednesday 2 September: Good. No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
Wednesday 2 SeptemberConfident
No — 0.2mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated67mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.97
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature18°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light15 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 3 September: Good. No — ground soft, 76mm rain over the last week.
Thursday 3 SeptemberConfident
No — ground soft, 76mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft76mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.95
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature17°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light12 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 4 September: Good. No — ground soft, 57mm rain over the last week.
Friday 4 SeptemberConfident
No — ground soft, 57mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft57mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.73
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature14°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Saturday 5 September: Good. No — 2.2mm of rain falling.
Saturday 5 SeptemberConfident
No — 2.2mm of rain falling.
- Marginal:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Friday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft56mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.50
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature12°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light3 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Sunday 6 September: Good. No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
Sunday 6 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.1mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass drydried off since a shower 4 hours ago
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft35mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.90
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature18°C
- Marginal:Wind
- Wind light26 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Monday 7 September: Good. midday–2pm — ground soft — 26mm rain over the last week
Monday 7 September · midday–2pmReasonably confident
midday–2pm — ground soft — 26mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft26mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.67
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
- Sociable hours
- Fine by the neighbours
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Tuesday 8 September: Not worth it. No — 0.8mm of rain falling.
Tuesday 8 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — 0.8mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass wetrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground saturated31mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.69
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light8 km/h
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Wednesday 9 September: Good. No — ground saturated, 39mm rain over the last week.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — ground saturated, 39mm rain over the last week.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryrain earlier today
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft39mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.40
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature11°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light19 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Thursday 10 September: Good. 8am–8pm — ground soft — 31mm rain over the last week
Thursday 10 September · 8am–8pmLow confidence this far out
8am–8pm — ground soft — 31mm rain over the last week
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft31mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing steadilygrowth potential 0.40
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature10°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light6 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts when it stops being antisocial
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Friday 11 September: Not worth it. No — 0.3mm of rain falling.
Friday 11 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.3mm of rain falling.
- Poor:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain since Wednesday
- Poor:Ground firmness
- Ground soft30mm rain over the last week
- Good:Growth
- Growing wellgrowth potential 0.62
- Good:Temperature
- Temperature13°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
Limiting factor:ground firmness
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