Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 22, 2026
River flow3.99 ft
Actual · 04/22/2026
3.99 ft; discharge 3,720 cfs
Provisional
04/22 average
3.38 ft; discharge 2,694 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.61 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 68° / 27°F · 0.13" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/22 average: 12% of peak melted · 24.2 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
68° / 27°F · 0.13"
04/22 average
51° / 19°F · 0.04"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
85° / 42°F · 0.05"
04/22 average
63° / 31°F · 0.02"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/22 average: 12% of peak melted · 24.2 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/22 average: 4% of peak melted · 41.6 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%
Wednesdays: 1.90%, about 1 in 53
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.