Jones Lake

Hand County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 8 AM → 12 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Jones 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 Jones Lake in Hand County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 8 AM to 12 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 4 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 13 mph, surface pressure near 960 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 39 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:55 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, 9:55 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

SE · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 98%

Pressure
28.35inHg

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
    41° / 36°F
    10 mph · NEgust 20
    0.57 in
    ↓ -7.7 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 36°F
    4 mph · SEgust 26
    0.02 in
    ↓ -11.0 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 46°F
    7 mph · Sgust 33
    0.26 in
    ↑ +5.3 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 45°F
    4 mph · Sgust 13
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.7 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    6 mph · NEgust 27
    0.01 in
    ↓ -1.9 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    7 mph · SEgust 24
    0.05 in
    ↓ -6.9 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 52°F
    9 mph · Sgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+19.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.27 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 39 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-28.6°F over 72h79–34°F range

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

Nearby waters

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