Welker Lake

Hanson County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 7 PM → 11 PM (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. 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 Fri, Sep 11 from 7 PM to 11 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 southwest, gusting to 19 mph, surface pressure near 953 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 75 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:30 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:30 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
75°F

24°C · hum 63%

Pressure
28.14inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 54°F
    9 mph · Sgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.0 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 63°F
    7 mph · SWgust 37
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 61°F
    7 mph · NEgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +11.2 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 57°F
    10 mph · Egust 33
    0.25 in
    ↓ -1.6 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 59°F
    5 mph · SWgust 39
    0.94 in
    ↑ +1.0 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 50°F
    6 mph · NWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 55°F
    7 mph · Egust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+5.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
1.25 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 39 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-9.0°F over 72h82–59°F range

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

Nearby waters

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