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Lake conditions
Birch Lake — 2026-10-22
Conditions overviewToday's environmental conditions for this lake. Pick a species above to layer its bite forecast on top.
- Season
- Fall
- Moon
- 83% illuminated, waxingWaxing Gibbous
- Est. surface temp
- 63.6°F
- Pressure
- 30.22 inHgStable
Est. water temp
63.6°F
v1 estimate from air temperature — not a sensor reading
Air vs. last week
11°F cooler
45°F now vs 56°F this time last week
Measured air temperature at the nearest weather station — not water
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 8:04 AM
- Sunset
- 6:51 PM
- Moonrise
- 5:02 PM
- Moonset
- 4:01 AM
Sky, wind & pressuremidday · 12 PM
- Cloud cover
- 2%
- Precip chance
- 0%
- Wind
- 0 mph
- Pressure
- 30.22 inHg Stable
Today's solunar periods
- Minor: 3:31 AM–4:31 AM
- Major: 9:37 AM–11:37 AM
- Minor: 4:32 PM–5:32 PM
- Major: 9:59 PM–11:59 PM
Location
Birch Lake · 41.8783, -85.8563
Map data © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors
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These depth contours are for deciding where to fish, not for running a boat. No depth map we show — whatever agency surveyed it — is a nautical chart, and none of them will show you a shoal. Do not navigate by this map.
Depth contours: Michigan DNR survey