Interesting Soil Temp Map

[epicure3]

I don't remember seeing the Southeast so cold this time of year. Come to think of it, I have never Florida temps this low.

[gsn]

Epicure,that might be because those Florida temps on that map are NOT correct!

Don't know where they got those temps from, or if it is glitch in the map software,but something isn't right?There is no way the soil all the way down to the Dade,Miami/Broward county line is in the 50's, is there?

Edited November 18, 2008 by gsn

[Paul The Palm Doctor!]

They just might be close to accurate, guys; my soil temperature is 62 F (in western Fort Lauderdale area.)

Paul

[osideterry]

The air temp has been above 80F 8 days this month so far, and it hasn't dropped below 50F more than a couple times. I would guess our number higher than usual for this time of year.

[epicure3]

Mine is currently 64.

[Eric in Orlando]

Soil temps in central FL are in the low to mid 60s and in SoFL mid to upper 60s

Check this site out;

http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/

[Big Tex]

I jsut found this web page with show pretty much the same thing.

http://www.greencastonline.com/SoilTempMaps.aspx

[MattyB]

Interesting. At my parents house, the soil temp is 64 also. I bet mine is warmer out on the baking hillside.

[gsn]

Soil temps in central FL are in the low to mid 60s and in SoFL mid to upper 60s

Check this site out;

http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/

I'm going to have to go with the FAWN weather sites as being more accurate than a generic zones overlay map!

But what do I know?

[bubba]

The IFAS site Eric gave is correct.The other stuff is left field.

[gsn]

Bubba your biased, because your a University Of Florida (Gator) kinda guy!

[epicure3]

I believe that both are correct. When looking at the FAWN website, you'll notice that the soil temp is taken at a depth of 10cm. What's that.....an inch or 2? My soil temp probe is is about 1' beneath the surface where the the roots are. I am really not sure just exactly 10cm really tells you.

[spockvr6]

I believe that both are correct. When looking at the FAWN website, you'll notice that the soil temp is taken at a depth of 10cm. What's that.....an inch or 2? My soil temp probe is is about 1' beneath the surface where the the roots are. I am really not sure just exactly 10cm really tells you.

Im not sure what the temp at 10 cm (~4 inches) tells us for palms either, but I know that the IFAS stuff is geared specifically to growers, so it must be the soil temp at the depth which most concerns them for various crops.

[spockvr6]

Just for yucks, I just went outside and took some soil temp measurements.

At 10 cm it was 64F and at 1 ft it was 71F.

[epicure3]

Just for yucks, I just went outside and took some soil temp measurements.

At 10 cm it was 64F and at 1 ft it was 71F.

That's interesting and makes the most sense if it's been cool lately.

[bubba]

The quickest way to get a secondary read on your soil temperature is to feel the temperature of what purports to be your cold tap water.It is running about 80F. here as we speak!

[epicure3]

The quickest way to get a secondary read on your soil temperature is to feel the temperature of what purports to be your cold tap water.It is running about 80F. here as we speak!

Now, that's refreshing.....not.

[NBTX11]

Map is wrong. No way my soil temp is 50F when my average high is in the 70s.

[bubba]

Another way. Are you still running your A/C? We still are.

[spockvr6]

Another way. Are you still running your A/C? We still are.

Or....you can just stick a thermometer in the ground!

[Walt]

I don't remember seeing the Southeast so cold this time of year. Come to think of it, I have never Florida temps this low.

Soil temperatures rarily drop below 60 degrees here in my location (south central Florida). But soil temperatures are dependent on cloud cover, rain, direct sunshine, etc. Typically, soil temperatures can fluctuate 10 degrees from wee morning hours to the end of day (sunshine). Over the past three days soil temperatures here fluctuated from a high of 74+ degrees to a low of 62+ degrees as per Sebring, Florida, FAWN.

[epicure3]

Here's the link for anyone that wants to check it out. The So. Cal temps are usually close to mine within a degree or 2.

Soil Temps

You have to click on the right side which is cut off a bit....

[bubba]

Indiana Corn?When is Indiana corn season over?Got a feeling that some one fell asleep on that site and will not wake up until next July.I would not wager any digits over it's veracity.

[epicure3]

Indiana Corn?When is Indiana corn season over?Got a feeling that some one fell asleep on that site and will not wake up until next July.I would not wager any digits over it's veracity.

Maybe, but it had the correct date on it. Plus, when was the last time FLA soil temps were that low? They must have been sleeping for a long time if that's the case.

[bubba]

Epic,Who you gonna believe me or your own eyes? It's wrong!

[epicure3]

I'll believe you. If you need an ice chipper to get your thermometer into the ground, then let me know.

[spockvr6]

Indiana Corn?When is Indiana corn season over?Got a feeling that some one fell asleep on that site and will not wake up until next July.I would not wager any digits over it's veracity.

Maybe, but it had the correct date on it. Plus, when was the last time FLA soil temps were that low? They must have been sleeping for a long time if that's the case.

Epi-

FAWN, as also noted by Walt above, is the Florida Automated Weather Network and is used primarly by Florida growers. This network is fairly extensive both in number of stations and data collected. The majority of the stations are in rural (farming) areas. There is lots of soil temp data there taken in real time.

All stations in central/south FL are running low to upper 60's for soil temp. The lone exception is Homestead (palm tree growing capital of USA), which is reporting a rather cold 56F.

North Florida looks to be mid to upper 50's pretty much across the board.