Cottonwood Lake

Blue Earth County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Cottonwood 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Jul 24, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Cottonwood Lake in Blue Earth County, MN is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 4 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 7 mph; surface pressure near 985 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 64 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED July 23, 2026, 11:16 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

SE · gust 7

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
64°F

18°C · hum 67%

Pressure
29.09inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 52°F
    4 mph · SEgust 14
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 66°F
    8 mph · Sgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.4 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 66°F
    7 mph · NWgust 34
    0.02 in
    ↓ -2.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 72°F
    4 mph · Sgust 48
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.8 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 73°F
    6 mph · SWgust 47
    0.00 in
    ↑ +1.7 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 68°F
    3 mph · Ngust 12
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 70°F
    8 mph · SEgust 31
    0.07 in
    ↓ -4.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+9.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.27 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 32 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-12.6°F over 72h90–55°F range

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

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