Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 8, 2023
River flow1.81 ft
Actual · 09/08/2023
1.81 ft; discharge 756 cfs
USGS daily
09/08 average
1.68 ft; discharge 625 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.13 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 73° / 36°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/08 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2023
73° / 36°F · 0.00"
09/08 average
77° / 29°F · 0.01"
20 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2023
81° / 50°F · 0.07"
09/08 average
79° / 43°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/08 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/08 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 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%
Fridays: 2.17%, about 1 in 46
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.