Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 26, 2012
River flow6.92 ft
Actual · 04/26/2012
6.92 ft; discharge 10,300 cfs
USGS daily
04/26 average
3.55 ft; discharge 3,177 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 3.37 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 68° / 35°F · 0.63" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/26 average: 16% of peak melted · 23.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2012
68° / 35°F · 0.63"
04/26 average
53° / 24°F · 0.09"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2012
80° / 49°F · 0.26"
04/26 average
61° / 33°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/26 average: 16% of peak melted · 23.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/26 average: 6% of peak melted · 40.8 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.