Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 5, 2027
River flow4.29 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
05/05 average
4.29 ft; discharge 4,320 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 58° / 25°F · 0.04" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/05 average: 30% of peak melted · 19.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
05/05 average: 58° / 25°F · 0.04" · 18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
05/05 average: 57° / 29°F · 0.09" · 7 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
05/05 average: 67° / 36°F · 0.01" · 20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/05 average: 30% of peak melted · 19.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/05 average: 13% of peak melted · 38.1 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%
Wednesdays: 1.90%, about 1 in 53
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.