Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 2, 2008
River flow2.95 ft
Actual · 05/02/2008
2.95 ft; discharge 1,900 cfs
USGS daily
05/02 average
3.85 ft; discharge 3,690 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.90 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 43° / 14°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/02 average: 25% of peak melted · 20.8 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2008
43° / 14°F · 0.00"
05/02 average
56° / 22°F · 0.00"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2008
55° / 24°F · 0.00"
05/02 average
64° / 32°F · 0.00"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/02 average: 25% of peak melted · 20.8 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/02 average: 11% of peak melted · 39.1 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%
Fridays: 2.17%, about 1 in 46
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.