Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 30, 2012
River flow5.14 ft
Actual · 04/30/2012
5.14 ft; discharge 5,590 cfs
USGS daily
04/30 average
3.76 ft; discharge 3,540 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.38 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 52° / 19°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/30 average: 22% of peak melted · 21.6 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2012
52° / 19°F · 0.00"
04/30 average
54° / 22°F · 0.01"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2012
59° / 34°F · 0.00"
04/30 average
63° / 34°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/30 average: 22% of peak melted · 21.6 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/30 average: 9% of peak melted · 39.7 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.