Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 22, 2008
River flow1.88 ft
Actual · 09/22/2008
1.88 ft; discharge 713 cfs
USGS daily
09/22 average
1.68 ft; discharge 631 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.20 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 54° / 32°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/22 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2008
54° / 32°F · 0.00"
09/22 average
67° / 25°F · 0.03"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2008
64° / 45°F · 0.00"
09/22 average
69° / 39°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/22 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/22 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.