Lake Winnipesaukee

Belknap County, NH

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 8 AM (America/New_York)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Lake Winnipesaukee — 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 Lake Winnipesaukee in Belknap County, NH is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 4 AM to 8 AM (America/New_York). 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 west, gusting to 17 mph, surface pressure near 995 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 54 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

W · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
54°F

12°C · hum 67%

Pressure
29.38inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    81° / 63°F
    13 mph · Wgust 37
    0.03 in
    ↑ +0.3 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 54°F
    7 mph · Wgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.7 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 46°F
    4 mph · SWgust 13
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.5 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 57°F
    3 mph · SWgust 25
    0.01 in
    ↓ -5.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 50°F
    6 mph · NWgust 17
    0.04 in
    ↑ +13.6 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 45°F
    4 mph · Sgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.9 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 61°F
    5 mph · SWgust 21
    0.12 in
    ↓ -1.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
-5.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.12 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
5 mph · gust 29 · W
Temperature
Warmer
+12.8°F over 72h79–48°F range

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

About Lake Winnipesaukee

Lake Winnipesaukee, in Belknap County, NH, is New Hampshire's largest lake.

Managing agency
State of New Hampshire (owns Lakeport Dam, which regulates the lake level)
Dam
Lakeport Dam (Winnipesaukee River)

Nearby waters

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