Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 23, 2026
River flow3.94 ft
Actual · 04/23/2026
3.94 ft; discharge 3,570 cfs
Provisional
04/23 average
3.44 ft; discharge 2,942 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.50 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 38° / 28°F · 0.10" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/23 average: 13% of peak melted · 23.9 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
38° / 28°F · 0.10"
04/23 average
53° / 21°F · 0.02"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
50° / 35°F · 0.21"
04/23 average
62° / 32°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/23 average: 13% of peak melted · 23.9 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/23 average: 5% of peak melted · 41.4 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.