Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 12, 2008
River flow1.75 ft
Actual · 03/12/2008
1.75 ft; discharge 609 cfs
USGS daily
03/12 average
1.68 ft; discharge 647 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.07 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 44° / 16°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/12 average: 0% of peak melted · 22.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2008
44° / 16°F · 0.00"
03/12 average
42° / 10°F · 0.00"
16 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2008
57° / 28°F · 0.00"
03/12 average
49° / 24°F · 0.00"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/12 average: 0% of peak melted · 22.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/12 average: 0% of peak melted · 34.6 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%
Wednesdays: 1.90%, about 1 in 53
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.