Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 9, 2024
River flow1.49 ft
Actual · 03/09/2024
1.49 ft; discharge 468 cfs
USGS daily
03/09 average
1.58 ft; discharge 556 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.09 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 30° / -24°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/09 average: 0% of peak melted · 22.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2024
30° / -24°F · 0.00"
03/09 average
39° / 7°F · 0.05"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2024
44° / 16°F · 0.00"
03/09 average
44° / 22°F · 0.01"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/09 average: 0% of peak melted · 22.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/09 average: 0% of peak melted · 34.0 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%
Saturdays: 2.81%, about 1 in 36
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.