Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, October 29, 2019
River flow1.50 ft
Actual · 10/29/2019
1.50 ft; discharge 488 cfs
USGS daily
10/29 average
1.73 ft; discharge 667 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.23 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 21° / -3°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 10/29 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2019
21° / -3°F · 0.00"
10/29 average
48° / 18°F · 0.04"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2019
30° / 3°F · 0.00"
10/29 average
49° / 24°F · 0.02"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 10/29 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 10/29 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%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.