Cottonwood Lake

Sully County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Cottonwood Lake — 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, Now → 8 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Cottonwood Lake in Sully County, SD is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 7 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 11 mph; surface pressure near 947 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 79 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED September 10, 2026, 1:28 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 11

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
79°F

26°C · hum 49%

Pressure
27.96inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 55°F
    7 mph · SWgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.4 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 64°F
    12 mph · Sgust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.5 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 57°F
    7 mph · Ngust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.4 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 55°F
    11 mph · Egust 30
    0.16 in
    ↓ -2.9 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 55°F
    6 mph · SEgust 33
    0.06 in
    ↑ +2.6 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 46°F
    5 mph · Ngust 26
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    6 mph · Egust 17
    0.01 in
    ↑ +1.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+6.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.81 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 33 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-7.4°F over 72h81–55°F range

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

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