Ottumwa Lake

Haakon County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 7 PM → 11 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Ottumwa 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 Ottumwa Lake in Haakon County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 7 PM to 11 PM (America/Denver). 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 east, gusting to 14 mph, surface pressure near 942 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 34 °F, with a dominant forecast of snow. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:51 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, 9:51 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

E · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Snow

Temp
34°F

1°C · hum 100%

Pressure
27.82inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 32°F
    6 mph · Egust 16
    0.57 in
    ↓ -8.3 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 32°F
    7 mph · Ngust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -10.2 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 45°F
    6 mph · Ngust 14
    0.04 in
    ↑ +6.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 43°F
    7 mph · SEgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.0 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    8 mph · NEgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 50°F
    8 mph · SEgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.3 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 50°F
    6 mph · SWgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↑ +2.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+23.4 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.30 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 52 · NE
Temperature
Cooler
-24.7°F over 72h84–32°F range

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

Nearby waters

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Ottumwa Lake Fishing Forecast - 7-Day Windows (SD)