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Growing degree days · base 50°F

Growing degree days in Virginia Beach, VA

Season to date · since January 1

4,827GDD

Peak accumulated heat

The season has banked substantial heat. Warm-season grass is at its strongest; cool-season grass may be under heat stress and should not be pushed with nitrogen.

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How the heat has built this year. Each day adds the average of that day’s high and low, minus a 50°F base, with nothing added on days that stay below it.Through 2026-10-12 · Open-Meteo archive

This week in Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, VA added 123 growing degree days this past week, 17.6 a day, reaching 4,827 for the season. Its warmest day added 25.

Daily growing degree day accumulation in Virginia Beach, VA 23450 for the past week, base 50°F
DayAddedSeason total
Tue124,716
Wed104,726
Thu184,744
Fri214,765
Sat184,783
Sun254,808
Mon194,827

PGR reapplication tracking

Plant growth regulator timing uses a Celsius-scale accumulation, not the seasonal Fahrenheit one. This page tracks a 10°C base, which is the Bermuda (warm-season) figure. Trinexapac-ethyl is typically re-sprayed near 200 GDD on cool-season turf and roughly 216 to 230 on warm-season turf, measured from your last application rather than from January. Always follow the product label.

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Soil temperature right now in Virginia Beach, VA

GDD is a trend indicator. Soil temperature is the signal that actually decides pre-emergent and seeding timing, and it is 70.2°F here at 2 inches.

Full soil report for 23450 →

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