Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 24, 2021
River flow1.41 ft
Actual · 09/24/2021
1.41 ft; discharge 418 cfs
USGS daily
09/24 average
1.66 ft; discharge 627 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.25 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 69° / 21°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/24 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2021
69° / 21°F · 0.00"
09/24 average
66° / 26°F · 0.00"
20 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2021
75° / 35°F · 0.00"
09/24 average
70° / 39°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/24 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/24 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 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.