Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 23, 2006
River flowNo stage reading · 13,000 cfs
Actual · 05/23/2006
13,000 cfs
USGS daily
05/23 average
5.20 ft; discharge 6,458 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 6,542 cfs.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 69° / 38°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/23 average: 70% of peak melted · 8.6 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2006
69° / 38°F · 0.00"
05/23 average
56° / 28°F · 0.05"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2006
77° / —F · 0.00"
05/23 average
66° / 40°F · 0.10"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/23 average: 70% of peak melted · 8.6 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/23 average: 43% of peak melted · 25.3 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%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.