Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 25, 2027
River flow3.47 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
04/25 average
3.47 ft; discharge 3,047 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 52° / 23°F · 0.06" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/25 average: 15% of peak melted · 23.3 in SWE
Stanley, ID
04/25 average: 52° / 23°F · 0.06" · 18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
04/25 average: 59° / 31°F · 0.04" · 7 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
04/25 average: 61° / 32°F · 0.01" · 20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/25 average: 15% of peak melted · 23.3 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/25 average: 6% 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%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.