Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 21, 2026
River flow3.14 ft
Actual · 03/21/2026
3.14 ft; discharge 2,340 cfs
Provisional
03/21 average
1.97 ft; discharge 968 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.17 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 68° / 23°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/21 average: 1% of peak melted · 24.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
68° / 23°F · 0.00"
03/21 average
43° / 14°F · 0.05"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
80° / 31°F · 0.00"
03/21 average
52° / 26°F · 0.03"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/21 average: 1% of peak melted · 24.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/21 average: 0% of peak melted · 37.3 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%
Saturdays: 2.81%, about 1 in 36
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.