Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 28, 2018
River flow1.62 ft
Actual · 09/28/2018
1.62 ft; discharge 613 cfs
USGS daily
09/28 average
1.64 ft; discharge 597 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.02 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 73° / 20°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/28 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2018
73° / 20°F · 0.00"
09/28 average
71° / 24°F · 0.00"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2018
76° / 34°F · 0.00"
09/28 average
73° / 36°F · 0.00"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/28 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/28 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 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.