Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 19, 2026
River flow2.32 ft
Actual · 03/19/2026
2.32 ft; discharge 1,280 cfs
Provisional
03/19 average
1.91 ft; discharge 919 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.41 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 66° / 21°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/19 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.8 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
66° / 21°F · 0.00"
03/19 average
43° / 6°F · 0.07"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
78° / 27°F · 0.00"
03/19 average
50° / 26°F · 0.01"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/19 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.8 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/19 average: 0% of peak melted · 37.0 in SWE
Lottery oddsOutside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 1.79%.
2025 lottery
Outside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 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.