Butterfield Lake

Watonwan County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 5 AM → 9 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Butterfield 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 Butterfield Lake in Watonwan County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 5 AM to 9 AM (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 5 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 14 mph, surface pressure near 977 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 46 °F, with a dominant forecast of light drizzle. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:41 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, 9:41 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

NE · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Light drizzle

Temp
46°F

8°C · hum 98%

Pressure
28.85inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 43°F
    11 mph · Egust 27
    0.96 in
    ↓ -6.8 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 45°F
    5 mph · NEgust 25
    0.44 in
    ↓ -5.7 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 55°F
    7 mph · SWgust 35
    0.15 in
    ↓ -3.4 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    7 mph · NWgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +10.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 46°F
    4 mph · Egust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 50°F
    11 mph · SEgust 25
    0.27 in
    ↓ -5.9 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 54°F
    6 mph · Sgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+11.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 40 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-15.3°F over 72h72–46°F range

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

Nearby waters

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Butterfield Lake Fishing Forecast - 7-Day Windows (MN)