Soil temperature in Wichita, Kansas
Soil temperature
96°F35.4°C
at 6cm — germination depth
Cooling over the next 11 days.
Too warm to seed — the soil is heat-stressed. Wait for it to cool.
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 Wichita, Kansas is currently 35.4°C, and falling about 31.9°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. Too warm to seed — the soil is heat-stressed. Wait for it to cool.
7 of the next 10 days are good mowing days. As for the weekend: nothing doing. conditions never quite get there.
The next recommended window in Wichita opens at 8am on Wednesday 2 September, because that is first light. Underfoot, the ground reads as firm after 0mm 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 33.3°C cooling to 0.0°C
Tuesday 1 September: Not worth it. No — barely growing, growth potential 0.15.
Tuesday 1 SeptemberConfident
No — barely growing, growth potential 0.15.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.15
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress29°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light16 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Wednesday 2 September: Good. 8am–9am — barely growing — growth potential 0.13
Wednesday 2 September · 8am–9amConfident
8am–9am — barely growing — growth potential 0.13
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.13
- Poor:Temperature
- Cool26°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light10 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts at first light
Limiting factor:growth
Thursday 3 September: Good. 8am–9am — barely growing — growth potential 0.12
Thursday 3 September · 8am–9amConfident
8am–9am — barely growing — growth potential 0.12
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.12
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress26°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light13 km/h
- Sociable hours
- A bit early or late, but finestarts at first light
Limiting factor:growth
Friday 4 September: Good. No — barely growing, growth potential 0.08.
Friday 4 SeptemberConfident
No — barely growing, growth potential 0.08.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.08
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress26°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light16 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Saturday 5 September: Good. No — barely growing, growth potential 0.04.
Saturday 5 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — barely growing, growth potential 0.04.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.04
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress29°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light14 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Sunday 6 September: Good. No — barely growing, growth potential 0.02.
Sunday 6 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — barely growing, growth potential 0.02.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.02
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress30°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light9 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Monday 7 September: Good. No — barely growing, growth potential 0.01.
Monday 7 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — barely growing, growth potential 0.01.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.01
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress32°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light13 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Tuesday 8 September: Good. No — barely growing, growth potential 0.01.
Tuesday 8 SeptemberReasonably confident
No — barely growing, growth potential 0.01.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.01
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress32°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light15 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Wednesday 9 September: Not worth it. No — ground frozen.
Wednesday 9 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground frozen.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.01
- Poor:Temperature
- Heat stress32°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light17 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
Thursday 10 September: Not worth it. No — ground frozen.
Thursday 10 SeptemberLow confidence this far out
No — ground frozen.
- Good:Grass wetness
- Grass dryno rain in the record
- Good:Ground firmness
- Ground firm0mm rain over the last week
- Poor:Growth
- Barely growinggrowth potential 0.18
- Poor:Temperature
- Cool25°C
- Good:Wind
- Wind light20 km/h
Limiting factor:growth
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