Cottonwood Lake

Burleigh County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium

Best bite window

The highlighted window has passed. This read is still based on the latest cached weather; use the 7-Day forecast below for the next window.

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 and pressure swinging. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Next forecast window

MAYBE

Tue · Oct 27, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Cottonwood Lake in Burleigh County, ND 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 7 mph out of the east, gusting to 18 mph; surface pressure near 963 hPa on an unstable trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 32 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:54 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 October 26, 2026, 9:54 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind: 7mph
E · gust 18
Rain / Weather: 0in
Overcast
Temp: 32°F
0°C · hum 73%
Pressure: 28.44inHg
Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

Mon · Oct 26
Window passed
MAYBE
A front passing through
41° / 32°F
7 mph · Egust 18
0.00 in
↓ -8.4 hPa
Tue · Oct 27
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
39° / 32°F
7 mph · SEgust 22
0.09 in
↓ -13.1 hPa
Wed · Oct 28
5 AM → 9 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
59° / 37°F
7 mph · Wgust 19
0.00 in
↑ +5.9 hPa
Thu · Oct 29
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
54° / 37°F
4 mph · NWgust 12
0.00 in
↑ +7.9 hPa
Fri · Oct 30
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
54° / 32°F
7 mph · NEgust 28
0.00 in
↓ -4.2 hPa
Sat · Oct 31
7 PM → 11 PM
MAYBE
A front passing through
64° / 41°F
7 mph · SEgust 27
0.00 in
↓ -8.9 hPa
Sun · Nov 1
4 AM → 8 AM
MAYBE
A front passing through
63° / 50°F
6 mph · SEgust 16
0.04 in
↓ -2.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure

Unstable

+22.4 hPa over 72h

Rain

Dry stretch

0.00 in totallast 72h

Wind

Gusty

11 mph · gust 44 · SW

Temperature

Cooler

-22.7°F over 72h73–25°F range

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

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Weather data by Open-Meteo — CC BY 4.0. Fishing Weather derives the fishing read.