Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 18, 2015
River flow2.73 ft
Actual · 04/18/2015
2.73 ft; discharge 1,720 cfs
USGS daily
04/18 average
2.80 ft; discharge 1,851 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.07 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 64° / 15°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/18 average: 7% of peak melted · 25.3 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2015
64° / 15°F · 0.00"
04/18 average
48° / 18°F · 0.04"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2015
73° / 28°F · 0.00"
04/18 average
58° / 28°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/18 average: 7% of peak melted · 25.3 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/18 average: 2% of peak melted · 42.3 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%
Saturdays: 2.81%, about 1 in 36
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.