Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 24, 2017
River flow4.17 ft
Actual · 04/24/2017
4.17 ft; discharge 3,890 cfs
USGS daily
04/24 average
3.47 ft; discharge 3,037 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.70 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 46° / 31°F · 0.19" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/24 average: 14% of peak melted · 23.6 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2017
46° / 31°F · 0.19"
04/24 average
52° / 22°F · 0.03"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2017
53° / 35°F
04/24 average
60° / 33°F · 0.01"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/24 average: 14% of peak melted · 23.6 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/24 average: 5% of peak melted · 41.1 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.