Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 27, 2026
River flow3.41 ft
Actual · 04/27/2026
3.41 ft; discharge 2,730 cfs
Provisional
04/27 average
3.65 ft; discharge 3,348 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.24 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 46° / 21°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/27 average: 18% of peak melted · 22.7 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
46° / 21°F · 0.00"
04/27 average
53° / 21°F · 0.08"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
54° / 30°F · 0.00"
04/27 average
61° / 33°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/27 average: 18% of peak melted · 22.7 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/27 average: 7% of peak melted · 40.6 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.