Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 17, 2022
River flow1.93 ft
Actual · 04/17/2022
1.93 ft; discharge 838 cfs
USGS daily
04/17 average
2.72 ft; discharge 1,778 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.79 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 38° / 10°F · 0.20" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/17 average: 6% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2022
38° / 10°F · 0.20"
04/17 average
47° / 18°F · 0.05"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2022
50° / 11°F · 0.00"
04/17 average
58° / 29°F · 0.02"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/17 average: 6% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/17 average: 1% of peak melted · 42.1 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%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.