Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 6, 2027
River flow2.25 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
04/06 average
2.25 ft; discharge 1,229 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 43° / 19°F · 0.05" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/06 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
04/06 average: 43° / 19°F · 0.05" · 16 years
Middle Fork Lodge
04/06 average: 53° / 26°F · 0.03" · 7 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
04/06 average: 53° / 31°F · 0.06" · 20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/06 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/06 average: 0% of peak melted · 41.0 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%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.