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October 18, 2026

Off-season. Nothing is freezing, so there is no line, and the map says so instead of inventing one.

Oct 18
Northwest North Dakota: 5.3, Moderate MovementNorth Central North Dakota: 5.4, Moderate MovementNortheast North Dakota: 5.2, Moderate MovementWest Central North Dakota: 5.1, Moderate MovementCentral North Dakota: 4.9, Stable Birds / StagingEast Central North Dakota: 4.8, Stable Birds / StagingSouthwest North Dakota: 4.7, Stable Birds / StagingSouth Central North Dakota: 4.7, Stable Birds / StagingSoutheast North Dakota: 4.6, Stable Birds / StagingGrand Prairie: 2.1, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthCache and White River Bottoms: 2.1, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthMississippi Delta: 2.3, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthNortheast Delta: 2.2, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthSoutheast Delta: 2.4, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthArkansas River Valley: 2.4, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthCentral Arkansas: 2.2, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthSouth Arkansas: 2.1, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthOzarks and Ouachitas: 2.3, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthNorthwest Missouri: 2.3, Stable Birds / StagingNorth Missouri: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingNortheast and the Upper Mississippi: 2.7, Stable Birds / StagingMissouri River Valley: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingThe Confluence: 2.3, Stable Birds / StagingWest Central and the Osage: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingThe Ozarks: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingMingo Basin: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingThe Bootheel: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingPrairie Coteau: 3.3, Stable Birds / StagingSand Lake and the Upper James: 3.5, Stable Birds / StagingGlacial Lakes: 3.3, Stable Birds / StagingMid James Valley: 3.1, Stable Birds / StagingBig Sioux Corridor: 3.0, Stable Birds / StagingLewis and Clark: 3.0, Stable Birds / StagingOahe and the Missouri: 3.2, Stable Birds / StagingGrand River Country: 3.8, Stable Birds / StagingCheyenne River and the Hills: 3.1, Stable Birds / StagingRainwater Basin: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingCentral Platte: 2.5, Stable Birds / StagingLower Platte and Salt Valley: 2.3, Stable Birds / StagingMissouri River: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingRepublican Valley: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingSandhills Lakes: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingNiobrara Country: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingNorth Platte and McConaughy: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingPanhandle: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingCheyenne Bottoms: 2.7, Stable Birds / StagingQuivira and the Rattlesnake: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingNorth Central Reservoirs: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingNortheast Reservoirs and the Kaw: 2.5, Stable Birds / StagingEast Central Lakes: 2.5, Stable Birds / StagingSoutheast Timber: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingSouth Central and the Arkansas: 2.7, Stable Birds / StagingSouthwest Playas: 2.7, Stable Birds / StagingNorthwest High Plains: 2.5, Stable Birds / StagingNorth Delta: 2.4, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthCentral Delta: 2.4, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthSouth Delta: 2.1, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthNorth Hills Reservoirs: 2.5, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthEast Prairie and Noxubee: 2.2, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthCentral and the Pearl: 2.2, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthSouthwest River Bottoms: 2.2, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthPine Belt: 2.2, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthCoastal Marsh: 2.3, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthSouthwest Coastal Marsh: 2.5, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthSouthwest Rice Prairie: 2.5, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthAtchafalaya Basin: 2.6, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthTerrebonne and Lafourche Marsh: 2.4, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthBarataria and Delacroix: 2.6, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthCatahoula and Little River: 2.2, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthNortheast Delta: 2.1, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthOuachita and Boeuf: 2.0, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthRed River and Northwest: 2.3, Pre-Season, Birds Still NorthPanhandle: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingNorthwest and Salt Plains: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingNorth Central: 2.8, Stable Birds / StagingNortheast: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingCentral: 2.5, Stable Birds / StagingEast and Eufaula: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingSouthwest: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingSouth Central and Texoma: 2.9, Stable Birds / StagingSoutheast and Red Slough: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingHigh Plains Playas: 3.0, Stable Birds / StagingRolling Plains: 3.2, Stable Birds / StagingBlackland Prairie: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingPineywoods: 2.7, Stable Birds / StagingPost Oak Savannah: 2.6, Stable Birds / StagingHill Country and Edwards: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingUpper Coast Rice Prairie: 2.4, Stable Birds / StagingMid Coast Bays: 2.8, Stable Birds / StagingSouth Texas and Laguna Madre: 2.8, Stable Birds / Staging5.35.45.25.14.94.84.74.74.62.12.12.32.22.42.42.22.12.32.32.42.72.62.32.62.62.62.43.33.53.33.13.03.03.23.83.12.62.52.32.62.42.62.62.62.42.72.42.62.52.52.62.72.72.52.42.42.12.52.22.22.22.22.32.52.52.62.42.62.22.12.02.32.62.62.82.62.52.62.62.92.63.03.22.42.72.62.42.42.82.8

No freeze line: nothing in the network is freezing yet, which in the off-season is the honest answer rather than a missing feature.

Water locking up
Shallow water tightening
Major Migration
Strong Conditions
Moderate Movement
Stable / Staging
Freeze-Up

SIMULATED SEASONA modelled cold front, not a forecast or a record. The scores and the freeze line are computed by the live engine over invented weather, so the shapes are real and the weather is not. The Now / +24h / +48h / +72h tabs above the map are DuckCast Pro's 72-hour freeze-line outlook, shown here because the demo runs the full product.

You are watching a modelled season, not live conditions. Live conditions and the freeze line forecast are part of DuckCast Pro. See what Pro includes.

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