Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, August 20, 2027
River flow1.79 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
08/20 average
1.79 ft; discharge 724 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 80° / 32°F · 0.01" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 08/20 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
08/20 average: 80° / 32°F · 0.01" · 19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
08/20 average: 85° / 45°F · 0.02" · 6 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
08/20 average: 86° / 50°F · 0.01" · 20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 08/20 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 08/20 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Lottery odds12.12% first-choice proxy
2025 first-choice proxy · 08/20 launch
12.12%
6.8× season avg 1.79% (+10.33 pts)
First-choice applications
33
Private launches available
4
Season-wide 2025 success rate
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%
Fridays: 2.17%, about 1 in 46
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.