Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 12, 2022
River flow2.21 ft
Actual · 04/12/2022
2.21 ft; discharge 1,130 cfs
USGS daily
04/12 average
2.70 ft; discharge 1,746 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.49 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 33° / 14°F · 0.09" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/12 average: 4% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2022
33° / 14°F · 0.09"
04/12 average
49° / 18°F · 0.05"
16 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2022
35° / 21°F · 0.26"
04/12 average
59° / 30°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/12 average: 4% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/12 average: 1% of peak melted · 41.7 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.