Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 27, 2026
River flow4.81 ft
Actual · 05/27/2026
4.81 ft; discharge 5,280 cfs
Provisional
05/27 average
5.08 ft; discharge 5,965 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.27 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 68° / 36°F · 0.35" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/27 average: 78% of peak melted · 6.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
68° / 36°F · 0.35"
05/27 average
60° / 31°F · 0.14"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
75° / 42°F · 0.23"
05/27 average
69° / 42°F · 0.07"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/27 average: 78% of peak melted · 6.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/27 average: 50% of peak melted · 22.2 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.