Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 6, 2023
River flow1.39 ft
Actual · 04/06/2023
1.39 ft; discharge 434 cfs
USGS daily
04/06 average
2.25 ft; discharge 1,229 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.86 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 34° / -11°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/06 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2023
34° / -11°F · 0.00"
04/06 average
43° / 19°F · 0.05"
16 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2023
45° / 19°F · 0.00"
04/06 average
53° / 31°F · 0.06"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/06 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/06 average: 0% of peak melted · 41.0 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.