India Agriculture Weather Forecast

What's on the Map

• Soil Moisture 0-10cm — volumetric soil moisture (%) in the top soil layer, relevant to sowing timing, irrigation scheduling and drought stress monitoring.
• Soil Temperature 0-10cm — soil temperature (°C) in the top soil layer, relevant to germination timing and frost risk at the root zone.
• District Agriculture tab — for any of 754 districts, ten days of sowing-window and spray-window strips, reference evapotranspiration (ETo), the rain-versus-ETo irrigation balance, and dated advisories on leaf-wetness disease pressure and lodging risk.

For rainfall relevant to sowing and irrigation planning, see the Rainfall Forecast page; for seasonal precipitation and temperature outlooks ahead of the sowing window, see the Monsoon 2026 Monitor.

Questions This Page Answers

• Can I sow this week — is the seed zone moist and warm enough?
• Which days are safe to spray, without wind drift or rain washing it off?
• Will the crop need irrigation, once rainfall is weighed against evaporative demand?

How to Read It

• The map shows the pattern; the district page makes the call. Open the District 10-Day Forecast and choose the Agriculture tab for day-by-day sowing and spray strips.
• Strip colours: green is suitable, yellow marginal, red unsuitable — for both the sowing window and the spray window.
• Irrigation need comes from rain set against reference evapotranspiration (ETo): a run of days where ETo outpaces rain means the soil is drying.
• Guidance, not a soil sensor. Values describe a roughly 25 km grid cell; your field's soil type, drainage and irrigation history can differ.

Go Deeper

• Rain is the wrong number for sowing — the seed-zone thresholds, FAO-56 water balance and spray window behind the advisories.
• Seasonal forecast — monthly rainfall and temperature anomalies ahead of the next sowing season.
• District climatology — the 1991–2020 rainfall and temperature normals for your district.

Data Source

Who Uses This

Soil moisture and temperature maps support sowing-window decisions, irrigation scheduling, and district-level monitoring of dry spells or waterlogging risk during the growing season, alongside VayuMet's rainfall and seasonal outlook tools.