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Lake conditions
Balsam Lake — 2026-10-30
Conditions overviewToday's environmental conditions for this lake. Pick a species above to layer its bite forecast on top.
- Season
- Fall
- Moon
- 69% illuminated, waningLast Quarter
- Est. surface temp
- 43.9°F
- Pressure
- 30.29 inHgStable
Est. water temp
43.9°F
v1 estimate from air temperature — not a sensor reading
Air vs. last week
34°F cooler
32°F now vs 66°F this time last week
Measured air temperature at the nearest weather station — not water
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:54 AM
- Sunset
- 5:59 PM
- Moonrise
- 9:34 PM
- Moonset
- 1:34 PM
Sky, wind & pressuremidday · 10 PM
- Cloud cover
- 52%
- Precip chance
- 1%
- Wind
- 0 mph
- Pressure
- 30.29 inHg Stable
Today's solunar periods
- Major: 4:00 AM–6:00 AM
- Minor: 1:04 PM–2:04 PM
- Major: 4:31 PM–6:31 PM
- Minor: 9:04 PM–10:04 PM
Location
Balsam Lake · 47.5300, -93.4140
Map data © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors
Not for navigation
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: Minnesota DNR survey