Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 12, 2012
River flow3.29 ft
Actual · 04/12/2012
3.29 ft; discharge 2,280 cfs
USGS daily
04/12 average
2.70 ft; discharge 1,746 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.59 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 59° / 28°F · 0.20" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/12 average: 4% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2012
59° / 28°F · 0.20"
04/12 average
49° / 18°F · 0.05"
16 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2012
78° / 35°F · 0.00"
04/12 average
59° / 30°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/12 average: 4% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/12 average: 1% of peak melted · 41.7 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.