Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 19, 2019
River flow1.70 ft
Actual · 09/19/2019
1.70 ft; discharge 647 cfs
USGS daily
09/19 average
1.71 ft; discharge 654 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.01 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 58° / 34°F · 0.16" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/19 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2019
58° / 34°F · 0.16"
09/19 average
67° / 27°F · 0.07"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2019
67° / 45°F · 0.11"
09/19 average
70° / 39°F · 0.03"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/19 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/19 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.