Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 25, 2023
River flow6.21 ft
Actual · 05/25/2023
6.21 ft; discharge 8,430 cfs
USGS daily
05/25 average
5.09 ft; discharge 6,152 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.12 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 56° / 36°F · 0.22" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/25 average: 74% of peak melted · 7.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2023
56° / 36°F · 0.22"
05/25 average
59° / 29°F · 0.04"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2023
72° / 48°F · 0.31"
05/25 average
66° / 40°F · 0.04"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/25 average: 74% of peak melted · 7.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/25 average: 46% of peak melted · 23.8 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.