Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, July 26, 2007
River flowNo stage reading · 640 cfs
Actual · 07/26/2007
640 cfs
USGS daily
07/26 average
2.12 ft; discharge 1,029 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 389 cfs.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 81° / 53°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 07/26 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2007
81° / 53°F · 0.00"
07/26 average
82° / 36°F · 0.01"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2007
82° / 58°F · 0.00"
07/26 average
90° / 52°F · 0.09"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 07/26 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 07/26 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Lottery odds3.08% first-choice proxy
2025 first-choice proxy · 07/26 launch
3.08%
1.7× season avg 1.79% (+1.29 pts)
First-choice applications
130
Private launches available
4
Season-wide 2025 success rate
1.79%
Day-of-week context (2025)
Days with the best odds: Saturday 2.81%, Friday 2.17%
Days with the worst odds: Monday 1.05%, Tuesday 1.54%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.