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WINNEBAGO RIVER

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Winnebago River at Mason City, IA

MASON CITY, IA43.1650°N, -93.1925°W Updated 30 min ago

FLOW RATE

785cfs

GAUGE HT

6.91ft

AIR TEMP

78°F

WIND

3mph N

FISH INDEX

75SCORE / 100

GREAT · 4 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 DAY

785cfs 13.2% vs avg

Optimal band: 359–485 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

960cfs

PERIOD LOW

363cfs

RUNNABLE

54%

last 1 day in band

Gauge Height

6.91ft

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

82°

67°

FRI

84°

65°

SAT

81°

67°

SUN

81°

63°

MON

81°

64°

TUE

84°

62°

WED

84°

67°

TIME

THU

NOW

FRI

SAT

SUN

MON

TUE

TEMP

hourly forecast

82°

mild

82°

81°

79°

76°

74°

72°

70°

69°

68°

67°

66°

65°

67°

71°

76°

78°

80°

81°

83°

84°

82°

81°

78°

76°

74°

73°

72°

71°

69°

67°

68°

70°

73°

75°

77°

78°

79°

80°

81°

80°

78°

75°

71°

69°

67°

66°

65°

64°

63°

64°

66°

69°

72°

74°

76°

78°

79°

80°

81°

80°

79°

76°

72°

70°

69°

68°

67°

66°

65°

64°

65°

69°

72°

75°

77°

79°

80°

81°

80°

79°

75°

71°

69°

67°

65°

64°

63°

62°

63°

66°

71°

75°

77°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

5mph NW

G 6 mph

NNW

G10

G11

NNE

NNW

NNE

ESE

WNW

ESE

SSE

ESE

SSE

G10

ESE

G14

G16

G10

SSE

G10

SSE

G10

SSE

G11

G12

G13

SSW

G13

G12

SSW

G14

SSW

G15

G12

SSW

G10

SSE

G11

G13

G15

SSE

G16

G15

G12

SSW

G11

SSW

G11

G12

G13

G12

G11

WSW

G10

WSW

PRECIP

chance %

CLOUDS

cover %

24%

few

24%

76%

26%

82%

13%

21%

45%

50%

94%

100%

96%

14%

100%

34%

100%

47%

53%

100%

53%

23%

10%

11%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

973

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Calm

Pressure

Stable

Moon Phase

Average

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

05:42 AM

SUNSET

08:53 PM

15H 11M OF DAYLIGHT

MOON PHASE

Waning Crescent

26% illuminated

Station Location

43.1650, -93.1925

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-07-09 17:00 UTC

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