Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 14, 2023
River flow5.53 ft
Actual · 05/14/2023
5.53 ft; discharge 6,880 cfs
USGS daily
05/14 average
4.94 ft; discharge 5,708 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.59 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 61° / 29°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/14 average: 50% of peak melted · 14.2 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2023
61° / 29°F · 0.00"
05/14 average
61° / 27°F · 0.01"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2023
67° / 49°F · 0.00"
05/14 average
70° / 39°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/14 average: 50% of peak melted · 14.2 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/14 average: 26% of peak melted · 32.6 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.