65.7 °F at CACAPON RIVER NEAR GREAT CACAPON, WV, 9.2 miles away — the nearest gauge, not a reading of Meadow Branch. It says what the region's water is doing today. No reporting stretch is in the cold band right now, so fish the first hours of light and the tributary mouths.
| Gauge | Reading | July mean | Read at |
|---|---|---|---|
| CACAPON RIVER NEAR GREAT CACAPON, WV — 9.2 mi off this river | 65.7 °F | 82.6 °F | 30 Sep 2026, 13:30 UTC |
Read from USGS instantaneous values when this page was built, and rebuilt nightly. The colour is the same four-band scale the map paints from.
Nothing in this region's hatch record peaks in September. The year-round insects — midges, scuds, sculpins — are still there, and they are what this month is fished on.
Meadow Branch — live water temperature, regulations and access