Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, October 28, 2019
River flow1.50 ft
Actual · 10/28/2019
1.50 ft; discharge 489 cfs
USGS daily
10/28 average
1.70 ft; discharge 639 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.20 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 28° / 1°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 10/28 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2019
28° / 1°F · 0.00"
10/28 average
48° / 17°F · 0.04"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2019
37° / 13°F · 0.00"
10/28 average
50° / 25°F · 0.01"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 10/28 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 10/28 average: 0% of peak melted · 1.0 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.