Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 17, 2026
River flow1.58 ft
Actual · 09/17/2026
1.58 ft; discharge 551 cfs
Provisional
09/17 average
1.68 ft; discharge 625 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.10 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 77° / 25°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/17 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2026
77° / 25°F · 0.00"
09/17 average
69° / 26°F · 0.04"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2026
No observation
09/17 average
74° / 40°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/17 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/17 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 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.