Lake Nixon

Union County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Lake Nixon — 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 Lake Nixon in Union County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 4 AM to 8 AM (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 6 mph out of the west, gusting to 13 mph, surface pressure near 978 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 46 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:21 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, 9:21 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

W · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
46°F

8°C · hum 95%

Pressure
28.88inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 45°F
    10 mph · NEgust 27
    0.91 in
    ↓ -6.6 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 46°F
    6 mph · Wgust 21
    0.09 in
    ↓ -4.5 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 54°F
    7 mph · SWgust 30
    0.06 in
    ↓ -1.7 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    6 mph · Ngust 17
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    7 mph · Egust 30
    0.07 in
    ↓ -2.5 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 54°F
    7 mph · Sgust 28
    0.54 in
    ↓ -3.0 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 52°F
    5 mph · SEgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+11.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 37 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-18.9°F over 72h79–48°F range

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

Nearby waters

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