Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 20, 2024
River flow2.15 ft
Actual · 03/20/2024
2.15 ft; discharge 1,080 cfs
USGS daily
03/20 average
1.94 ft; discharge 958 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.21 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 52° / 4°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/20 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.9 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2024
52° / 4°F · 0.00"
03/20 average
44° / 7°F · 0.08"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2024
67° / 29°F · 0.00"
03/20 average
52° / 25°F · 0.02"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/20 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.9 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/20 average: 0% of peak melted · 37.1 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%
Wednesdays: 1.90%, about 1 in 53
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.