Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 6, 2016
River flow5.74 ft
Actual · 05/06/2016
5.74 ft; discharge 7,270 cfs
USGS daily
05/06 average
4.48 ft; discharge 4,654 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.26 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 73° / 35°F · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/06 average: 32% of peak melted · 18.9 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2016
73° / 35°F
05/06 average
58° / 25°F · 0.06"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2016
81° / 42°F · 0.00"
05/06 average
67° / 38°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/06 average: 32% of peak melted · 18.9 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/06 average: 14% of peak melted · 37.6 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%
Fridays: 2.17%, about 1 in 46
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.