Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 27, 2008
River flow2.34 ft
Actual · 04/27/2008
2.34 ft; discharge 1,150 cfs
USGS daily
04/27 average
3.65 ft; discharge 3,348 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 1.31 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 54° / 7°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/27 average: 18% of peak melted · 22.7 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2008
54° / 7°F · 0.00"
04/27 average
53° / 21°F · 0.08"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2008
58° / 24°F · 0.00"
04/27 average
61° / 33°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/27 average: 18% of peak melted · 22.7 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/27 average: 7% of peak melted · 40.6 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.