Badger Lake

Monona County, IA

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 6 PM → 10 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Badger Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Watch a front passing through. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Badger Lake in Monona County, IA is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 6 PM to 10 PM (America/Chicago). The main factor in its favor is dry conditions across the window, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 6 mph out of the north, gusting to 20 mph, surface pressure near 982 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 50 °F, with a dominant forecast of light drizzle. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:56 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather alone; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED October 26, 2026, 9:56 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

N · gust 20

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Light drizzle

Temp
50°F

10°C · hum 92%

Pressure
29.00inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

One read per day — the bite call, the window, the weather behind it

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 46°F
    6 mph · Ngust 25
    0.22 in
    ↓ -6.8 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 46°F
    7 mph · NWgust 20
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 54°F
    6 mph · NWgust 29
    0.08 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 52°F
    6 mph · NWgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 54°F
    6 mph · NEgust 27
    0.26 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 55°F
    6 mph · SEgust 25
    0.65 in
    ↓ -1.7 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 55°F
    4 mph · SEgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+9.2 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 32 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-11.5°F over 72h81–50°F range

Weather-only read. Confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

Nearby waters

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