Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, August 26, 2027
River flow1.75 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
08/26 average
1.75 ft; discharge 691 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 78° / 32°F · 0.02" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 08/26 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
08/26 average: 78° / 32°F · 0.02" · 17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
08/26 average: 86° / 44°F · 0.00" · 7 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
08/26 average: 82° / 47°F · 0.03" · 20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 08/26 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 08/26 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Lottery odds8.33% first-choice proxy
2025 first-choice proxy · 08/26 launch
8.33%
4.7× season avg 1.79% (+6.54 pts)
First-choice applications
24
Private launches available
2
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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.