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Heilbron farming weather

Soil, irrigation, spray-window and crop-stress guidance for Free State, South Africa.

Field summary

Soil temperatures today read surface 6.3 °C, 6 cm 9.5 °C, 18 cm 11.9 °C, 54 cm 12.9 °C. Soil moisture sits at 0-1 cm at 0.28 m³/m³, 3-9 cm at 0.28 m³/m³, 27-81 cm at 0.31 m³/m³. For wheat, the root-zone reading is within the ideal 0.2-0.35 m³/m³ band. Reference evapotranspiration totals 16 mm against only 0 mm of expected rain — a 15 mm deficit, so irrigation will be needed this week. A suitable spraying window opens around 07:00 on 2026-06-22, with winds at or below 15 km/h and no rain expected. Projected growing degree days over the next week: wheat 53, maize 15.

Farming weather

Soil temperatures today read surface 6.3 °C, 6 cm 9.5 °C, 18 cm 11.9 °C, 54 cm 12.9 °C. Soil moisture sits at 0-1 cm at 0.28 m³/m³, 3-9 cm at 0.28 m³/m³, 27-81 cm at 0.31 m³/m³. For wheat, the root-zone reading is within the ideal 0.2-0.35 m³/m³ band. Reference evapotranspiration totals 16 mm against only 0 mm of expected rain — a 15 mm deficit, so irrigation will be needed this week. A suitable spraying window opens around 07:00 on 2026-06-22, with winds at or below 15 km/h and no rain expected. Projected growing degree days over the next week: wheat 53, maize 15.

Topsoil moisture
0.294 m³/m³
Soil temp
8°C
ET₀ today
1.65 mm
Spray window
~5:00
Rain (next 7d)
0.3 mm
Wind
10 km/h
Humidity
97%

Full farming outlook for Heilbron

Next 3 days

Today brings light drizzle with a high of 15 °C and a low of 8 °C. Expect light drizzle tomorrow, between 6 °C and 17 °C. Wednesday looks like overcast; temperatures run from 7 °C up to 18 °C.

Today

Mon, Jun 22

Light drizzle

15°

Rain chance
22%
Precip
0.2 mm
Max wind
11 km/h

Tomorrow

Tue, Jun 23

Light drizzle

17°

Rain chance
5%
Precip
0.1 mm
Max wind
19 km/h

Wednesday

Wed, Jun 24

Overcast

18°

Rain chance
3%
Precip
0 mm
Max wind
11 km/h

Next 48 hours

  1. 12 AM22%8 km/h
  2. 1 AM18%8 km/h
  3. 2 AM14%8 km/h
  4. 3 AM10%9 km/h
  5. 4 AM7%11 km/h
  6. 5 AM4%8 km/h
  7. 6 AM2%4 km/h
  8. 7 AM1%3 km/h
  9. 8 AM0%5 km/h
  10. 9 AM0%6 km/h
  11. 10 AM10°0%7 km/h
  12. 11 AM11°0%8 km/h
  13. 12 PM13°0%8 km/h
  14. 1 PM14°0%5 km/h
  15. 2 PM15°0%7 km/h
  16. 3 PM15°0%8 km/h
  17. 4 PM15°0%9 km/h
  18. 5 PM13°0%4 km/h
  19. 6 PM12°5%1 km/h
  20. 7 PM11°12%2 km/h
  21. 8 PM10°16%9 km/h
  22. 9 PM10°15%8 km/h
  23. 10 PM12%8 km/h
  24. 11 PM8%7 km/h
  25. 12 AM5%7 km/h
  26. 1 AM2%6 km/h
  27. 2 AM0%6 km/h
  28. 3 AM0%5 km/h
  29. 4 AM0%6 km/h
  30. 5 AM0%7 km/h
  31. 6 AM0%7 km/h
  32. 7 AM0%5 km/h
  33. 8 AM0%7 km/h
  34. 9 AM0%5 km/h
  35. 10 AM12°0%5 km/h
  36. 11 AM14°0%8 km/h
  37. 12 PM15°0%8 km/h
  38. 1 PM16°0%11 km/h
  39. 2 PM17°0%14 km/h
  40. 3 PM17°0%19 km/h
  41. 4 PM17°0%17 km/h
  42. 5 PM15°0%9 km/h
  43. 6 PM13°0%7 km/h
  44. 7 PM12°0%7 km/h
  45. 8 PM12°0%9 km/h
  46. 9 PM11°1%11 km/h
  47. 10 PM10°3%10 km/h
  48. 11 PM10°4%10 km/h

Sun & UV

Sunrise
6:57 AM
Sunset
5:22 PM
Daylight
10h 25m
Max UV
4.75 Moderate