Chadron Reservoir

Dawes County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 6 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Chadron 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 Chadron Reservoir in Dawes County, NE is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 2 PM to 6 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 4 mph out of the east, gusting to 6 mph, surface pressure near 883 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 36 °F, with a dominant forecast of light snow. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:17 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, 9:17 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

E · gust 6

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Light snow

Temp
36°F

2°C · hum 96%

Pressure
26.07inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 34°F
    4 mph · Egust 19
    0.47 in
    ↓ -7.5 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 37°F
    11 mph · SWgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.0 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 46°F
    7 mph · SWgust 21
    0.01 in
    ↑ +6.2 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 46°F
    7 mph · Wgust 28
    0.00 in
    → +2.9 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 45°F
    3 mph · SEgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.0 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 50°F
    12 mph · Sgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.5 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 50°F
    6 mph · Wgust 28
    0.00 in
    → +2.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+20.2 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 34 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-24.1°F over 72h79–36°F range

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

Nearby waters

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