Your home has a lot to maintain. We'll tell you what to do next.
Most maintenance advice gives you a month. We give you the soil temperature in your region today, and tell you whether the window is actually open.
- 12 regions, each tied to a real NOAA station
- Refreshed every day
- Free, no signup
Soil temperature todayLive
10 of 12 measured · 2026-10-17
How it works
- 1
We read the soil, daily
A NOAA research station per region reports soil temperature at 5 cm. We pull it every day.
- 2
We check the window
Seed, pre-emergent and sprinkler blowout each have a range. We compare today's reading against it.
- 3
We say no when it's no
If the data is thin or the reading is borderline, the page says so instead of guessing.
Work out the amount
Guides
- What kind of grass do I have?
- Fertilizing: nitrogen by the year, not by the bag
- Overseeding: rate, timing, and the part people skip
- Sprinkler winterization: when to blow out the lines
- Cost guides: material breakdowns, not marketplace averages
- Heating tune-up: schedule it in the fall
- Outdoor faucets: shut off before the first freeze
What needs doing in October
The monthly list, split between jobs that run on an interval and jobs that wait on a reading.