Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 28, 2026
River flow3.57 ft
Actual · 03/28/2026
3.57 ft; discharge 2,970 cfs
Provisional
03/28 average
1.99 ft; discharge 962 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.58 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 62° / 22°F · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/28 average: 1% of peak melted · 24.7 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
62° / 22°F
03/28 average
42° / 14°F · 0.08"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
64° / 19°F · 0.00"
03/28 average
53° / 27°F · 0.02"
17 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/28 average: 1% of peak melted · 24.7 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/28 average: 0% of peak melted · 38.8 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.