Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 3, 2006
River flowNo stage reading · 686 cfs
Actual · 04/03/2006
686 cfs
USGS daily
04/03 average
2.20 ft; discharge 1,138 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 452 cfs.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 42° / -3°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/03 average: 2% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2006
42° / -3°F · 0.00"
04/03 average
43° / 8°F · 0.02"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2006
51° / 29°F · 0.00"
04/03 average
54° / 26°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/03 average: 2% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/03 average: 0% of peak melted · 40.4 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.