Cottonwood Lake

Clark 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 — moderate wind 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 Clark 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 9 mph out of the south, gusting to 22 mph; surface pressure near 945 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 66 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:30 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, 1:30 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
9mph

S · gust 22

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
66°F

19°C · hum 58%

Pressure
27.91inHg

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
    77° / 50°F
    15 mph · SWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 63°F
    11 mph · Sgust 37
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 52°F
    10 mph · Ngust 32
    0.00 in
    ↑ +11.9 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    10 mph · Egust 32
    0.13 in
    ↓ -2.1 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 55°F
    9 mph · Sgust 39
    0.11 in
    ↓ -1.5 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 46°F
    7 mph · NWgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↑ +10.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 50°F
    7 mph · SEgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+4.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 38 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-8.1°F over 72h81–57°F range

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

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