Box Butte Reservoir

Dawes County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 4 PM → 8 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 and pressure swinging. 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 Mon, Oct 26 from 4 PM to 8 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 5 mph out of the east, gusting to 8 mph, surface pressure near 875 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 36 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:27 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, 9:27 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

E · gust 8

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
36°F

2°C · hum 97%

Pressure
25.84inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 34°F
    5 mph · Egust 15
    0.53 in
    ↓ -7.2 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 37°F
    7 mph · Sgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.5 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 46°F
    7 mph · SWgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.4 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 46°F
    6 mph · SWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.4 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 46°F
    6 mph · SEgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.4 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 48°F
    14 mph · Sgust 26
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.2 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 50°F
    5 mph · Wgust 25
    0.01 in
    ↓ +1.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+19.2 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 41 · NE
Temperature
Cooler
-19.4°F over 72h77–36°F range

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

Nearby waters

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