Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 30, 2027
River flow2.02 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
03/30 average
2.02 ft; discharge 979 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 44° / 15°F · 0.06" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/30 average: 1% of peak melted · 25.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
03/30 average: 44° / 15°F · 0.06" · 16 years
Middle Fork Lodge
03/30 average: 48° / 25°F · 0.10" · 8 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
03/30 average: 50° / 28°F · 0.02" · 18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/30 average: 1% of peak melted · 25.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/30 average: 0% of peak melted · 39.6 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%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.