Box Butte Reservoir

Dawes County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 1 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Box Butte Reservoir — 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 Box Butte Reservoir in Dawes County, NE is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 9 AM to 1 PM (America/Denver). 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 15 mph, surface pressure near 875 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 73 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:39 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 July 23, 2026, 11:39 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
73°F

23°C · hum 73%

Pressure
25.84inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Now → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 61°F
    7 mph · SWgust 22
    0.02 in
    ↓ -0.8 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 64°F
    6 mph · NWgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.3 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    106° / 79°F
    14 mph · SWgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.8 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    106° / 77°F
    10 mph · SWgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 77°F
    8 mph · Ngust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ +4.6 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    99° / 68°F
    7 mph · Sgust 36
    0.06 in
    ↓ +1.1 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    100° / 68°F
    7 mph · Sgust 38
    0.01 in
    ↓ -1.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+5.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 30 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-8.3°F over 72h95–63°F range

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

Nearby waters

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