Planning date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, August 28, 2027
River flow1.76 ft
Daily reading
No daily actual yet — this date is not in the past.
08/28 average
1.76 ft; discharge 690 cfs
20-year USGS
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 76° / 31°F · 0.02" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 08/28 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
08/28 average: 76° / 31°F · 0.02" · 19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
08/28 average: 85° / 43°F · 0.00" · 7 years · averages for future dates only; station ended 2013
Salmon, ID
08/28 average: 82° / 47°F · 0.02" · 20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 08/28 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 08/28 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Lottery odds8.70% first-choice proxy
2025 first-choice proxy · 08/28 launch
8.70%
4.9× season avg 1.79% (+6.91 pts)
First-choice applications
23
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%
Saturdays: 2.81%, about 1 in 36
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.