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Luanshya farming weather

Soil, irrigation, spray-window and crop-stress guidance for Copperbelt, Zambia.

Field summary

Soil temperatures today read surface 13.7 °C, 6 cm 18 °C, 18 cm 20.7 °C, 54 cm 20.9 °C. Soil moisture sits at 0-1 cm at 0.08 m³/m³, 3-9 cm at 0.18 m³/m³, 27-81 cm at 0.21 m³/m³. For wheat, the root-zone reading is below the ideal 0.2-0.35 m³/m³ band. Reference evapotranspiration totals 30 mm against only 0 mm of expected rain — a 30 mm deficit, so irrigation will be needed this week. A suitable spraying window opens around 12:00 on 2026-06-21, with winds at or below 15 km/h and no rain expected. Projected growing degree days over the next week: wheat 94, maize 56.

Farming weather

Soil temperatures today read surface 13.7 °C, 6 cm 18 °C, 18 cm 20.7 °C, 54 cm 20.9 °C. Soil moisture sits at 0-1 cm at 0.08 m³/m³, 3-9 cm at 0.18 m³/m³, 27-81 cm at 0.21 m³/m³. For wheat, the root-zone reading is below the ideal 0.2-0.35 m³/m³ band. Reference evapotranspiration totals 30 mm against only 0 mm of expected rain — a 30 mm deficit, so irrigation will be needed this week. A suitable spraying window opens around 12:00 on 2026-06-21, with winds at or below 15 km/h and no rain expected. Projected growing degree days over the next week: wheat 94, maize 56.

Topsoil moisture
0.085 m³/m³
Soil temp
14°C
ET₀ today
4.48 mm
Spray window
~5:00
Rain (next 7d)
0 mm
Wind
7 km/h
Humidity
63%

Full farming outlook for Luanshya

Next 3 days

Expect clear sky today, between 11 °C and 24 °C. Tomorrow looks like clear sky; temperatures run from 11 °C up to 24 °C. Expect mainly clear Tuesday, between 11 °C and 24 °C.

Today

Sun, Jun 21

Clear sky

24°11°

Rain chance
0%
Precip
0 mm
Max wind
17 km/h

Tomorrow

Mon, Jun 22

Clear sky

24°11°

Rain chance
0%
Precip
0 mm
Max wind
15 km/h

Tuesday

Tue, Jun 23

Mainly clear

24°11°

Rain chance
0%
Precip
0 mm
Max wind
14 km/h

Next 48 hours

  1. 12 AM15°0%15 km/h
  2. 1 AM14°0%15 km/h
  3. 2 AM14°0%17 km/h
  4. 3 AM13°0%15 km/h
  5. 4 AM12°0%14 km/h
  6. 5 AM12°0%13 km/h
  7. 6 AM11°0%12 km/h
  8. 7 AM11°0%13 km/h
  9. 8 AM14°0%13 km/h
  10. 9 AM16°0%17 km/h
  11. 10 AM18°0%17 km/h
  12. 11 AM20°0%15 km/h
  13. 12 PM22°0%14 km/h
  14. 1 PM23°0%12 km/h
  15. 2 PM24°0%11 km/h
  16. 3 PM24°0%10 km/h
  17. 4 PM24°0%10 km/h
  18. 5 PM23°0%7 km/h
  19. 6 PM20°0%9 km/h
  20. 7 PM19°0%17 km/h
  21. 8 PM18°0%16 km/h
  22. 9 PM17°0%14 km/h
  23. 10 PM16°0%13 km/h
  24. 11 PM15°0%11 km/h
  25. 12 AM14°0%11 km/h
  26. 1 AM14°0%11 km/h
  27. 2 AM13°0%10 km/h
  28. 3 AM12°0%10 km/h
  29. 4 AM12°0%10 km/h
  30. 5 AM11°0%11 km/h
  31. 6 AM11°0%11 km/h
  32. 7 AM12°0%11 km/h
  33. 8 AM14°0%11 km/h
  34. 9 AM17°0%11 km/h
  35. 10 AM19°0%13 km/h
  36. 11 AM21°0%13 km/h
  37. 12 PM23°0%11 km/h
  38. 1 PM24°0%10 km/h
  39. 2 PM24°0%10 km/h
  40. 3 PM24°0%10 km/h
  41. 4 PM24°0%10 km/h
  42. 5 PM23°0%9 km/h
  43. 6 PM20°0%10 km/h
  44. 7 PM19°0%14 km/h
  45. 8 PM18°0%15 km/h
  46. 9 PM17°0%14 km/h
  47. 10 PM16°0%12 km/h
  48. 11 PM15°0%10 km/h

Sun & UV

Sunrise
6:27 AM
Sunset
5:48 PM
Daylight
11h 21m
Max UV
6.6 High