Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 29, 2018
River flow5.85 ft
Actual · 04/29/2018
5.85 ft; discharge 7,490 cfs
USGS daily
04/29 average
3.75 ft; discharge 3,488 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 2.10 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 58° / 29°F · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/29 average: 21% of peak melted · 22.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2018
58° / 29°F
04/29 average
54° / 23°F · 0.02"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2018
74° / 38°F
04/29 average
63° / 33°F · 0.05"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/29 average: 21% of peak melted · 22.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/29 average: 8% of peak melted · 40.1 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%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.