Bear Butte Lake

Meade County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 6 AM → 10 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Bear Butte 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).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Bear Butte Lake in Meade County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 6 AM to 10 AM (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 6 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 24 mph, surface pressure near 903 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 37 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:24 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, 9:24 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SE · gust 24

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
37°F

3°C · hum 95%

Pressure
26.67inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 36°F
    13 mph · SEgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.2 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 36°F
    6 mph · SEgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    6 mph · NWgust 10
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 39°F
    4 mph · Wgust 7
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 39°F
    6 mph · SEgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 48°F
    7 mph · Sgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.5 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 46°F
    7 mph · NWgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↑ +2.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+23.4 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 47 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-27.7°F over 72h82–36°F range

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

Nearby waters

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