Welker Lake

Hanson County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 8 PM → 12 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Welker 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 Welker Lake in Hanson County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 8 PM to 12 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 5 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 15 mph, surface pressure near 972 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 43 °F, with a dominant forecast of light drizzle. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:29 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, 9:29 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

NE · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Light drizzle

Temp
43°F

6°C · hum 95%

Pressure
28.70inHg

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
    45° / 41°F
    9 mph · NEgust 23
    0.52 in
    ↓ -8.0 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 43°F
    6 mph · NWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.8 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 52°F
    7 mph · NWgust 26
    0.06 in
    ↓ +1.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 45°F
    5 mph · Ngust 19
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.8 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    7 mph · Egust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.9 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 54°F
    7 mph · Egust 29
    0.15 in
    ↓ -4.9 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    7 mph · SEgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+16.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.06 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
14 mph · gust 40 · NE
Temperature
Cooler
-24.5°F over 72h79–43°F range

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

Nearby waters

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