Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 8, 2023
River flow4.41 ft
Actual · 05/08/2023
4.41 ft; discharge 4,440 cfs
USGS daily
05/08 average
4.70 ft; discharge 5,070 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.29 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 46° / 23°F · 0.12" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/08 average: 36% of peak melted · 17.8 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2023
46° / 23°F · 0.12"
05/08 average
56° / 25°F · 0.02"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2023
58° / 30°F
05/08 average
63° / 36°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/08 average: 36% of peak melted · 17.8 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/08 average: 17% of peak melted · 36.5 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.