Crystal Lake

Aurora County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Sat · Jul 25, 11 AM → 3 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Crystal 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).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Crystal Lake in Aurora County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Sat, Jul 25 from 11 AM to 3 PM (America/Chicago). 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 northwest, gusting to 14 mph, surface pressure near 952 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 106 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:10 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 July 23, 2026, 11:10 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

NW · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
106°F

41°C · hum 19%

Pressure
28.11inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 61°F
    10 mph · Sgust 25
    0.06 in
    ↓ -4.0 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 64°F
    9 mph · Sgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.3 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    111° / 75°F
    7 mph · NWgust 43
    0.01 in
    ↓ -0.3 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    118° / 75°F
    7 mph · SEgust 31
    0.01 in
    ↓ -8.2 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    108° / 79°F
    11 mph · Ngust 34
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    100° / 79°F
    7 mph · NEgust 22
    0.00 in
    → +3.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    109° / 73°F
    7 mph · Ngust 33
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+12.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
8 mph · gust 26 · N
Temperature
Cooler
-17.6°F over 72h91–61°F range

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

Nearby waters

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