Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 16, 2018
River flow5.93 ft
Actual · 05/16/2018
5.93 ft; discharge 7,740 cfs
USGS daily
05/16 average
5.26 ft; discharge 6,387 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.67 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 66° / 27°F · 0.04" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/16 average: 56% of peak melted · 12.7 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2018
66° / 27°F · 0.04"
05/16 average
64° / 28°F · 0.05"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2018
80° / 44°F · 0.00"
05/16 average
72° / 41°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/16 average: 56% of peak melted · 12.7 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/16 average: 30% of peak melted · 30.8 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.