Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 8, 2018
River flow1.73 ft
Actual · 03/08/2018
1.73 ft; discharge 645 cfs
USGS daily
03/08 average
1.59 ft; discharge 558 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.14 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 36° / -12°F · 0.02" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/08 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.9 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2018
36° / -12°F · 0.02"
03/08 average
39° / 2°F · 0.03"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2018
42° / 17°F · 0.00"
03/08 average
45° / 20°F · 0.01"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/08 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.9 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/08 average: 0% of peak melted · 33.7 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.