Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 18, 2027
River flow1.87 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
03/18 average
1.87 ft; discharge 857 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 42° / 9°F · 0.01" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/18 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.7 in SWE
Stanley, ID
03/18 average: 42° / 9°F · 0.01" · 18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
03/18 average: 51° / 26°F · 0.01" · 8 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
03/18 average: 51° / 27°F · 0.04" · 18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/18 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.7 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/18 average: 0% of peak melted · 36.8 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.