Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 5, 2027
River flow1.57 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
03/05 average
1.57 ft; discharge 537 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 37° / 6°F · 0.02" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
03/05 average: 37° / 6°F · 0.02" · 17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
03/05 average: 44° / 22°F · 0.04" · 8 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
03/05 average: 43° / 21°F · 0.01" · 18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 32.8 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%
Fridays: 2.17%, about 1 in 46
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.