Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 13, 2015
River flow3.96 ft
Actual · 05/13/2015
3.96 ft; discharge 3,510 cfs
USGS daily
05/13 average
4.87 ft; discharge 5,574 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.91 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 51° / 32°F · 0.48" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/13 average: 48% of peak melted · 14.8 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2015
51° / 32°F · 0.48"
05/13 average
61° / 27°F · 0.05"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2015
60° / 42°F · 0.30"
05/13 average
70° / 38°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/13 average: 48% of peak melted · 14.8 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/13 average: 24% of peak melted · 33.4 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%
Wednesdays: 1.90%, about 1 in 53
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.