Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 16, 2015
River flow2.84 ft
Actual · 03/16/2015
2.84 ft; discharge 1,870 cfs
USGS daily
03/16 average
1.89 ft; discharge 855 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.95 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 49° / 31°F · 0.04" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/16 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2015
49° / 31°F · 0.04"
03/16 average
42° / 11°F · 0.07"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2015
67° / 45°F · 0.00"
03/16 average
51° / 28°F · 0.01"
17 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/16 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/16 average: 0% of peak melted · 36.2 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.