McDonough Lake

Dakota County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 4 PM → 8 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on McDonough 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 McDonough Lake in Dakota County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 4 PM to 8 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 7 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 17 mph, surface pressure near 985 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 52 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:15 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, 9:15 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
52°F

11°C · hum 92%

Pressure
29.09inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 43°F
    9 mph · NEgust 24
    0.63 in
    ↓ -4.5 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 45°F
    7 mph · SWgust 31
    0.75 in
    ↓ -7.5 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 52°F
    7 mph · Sgust 29
    0.13 in
    ↓ -4.7 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    7 mph · Ngust 22
    0.01 in
    ↑ +11.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 45°F
    4 mph · NEgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↑ +1.4 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 46°F
    7 mph · Egust 26
    0.22 in
    ↓ -6.7 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 52°F
    5 mph · Sgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+11.1 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 30 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-8.1°F over 72h75–46°F range

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

Nearby waters

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