Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 12, 2024
River flow1.60 ft
Actual · 09/12/2024
1.60 ft; discharge 573 cfs
USGS daily
09/12 average
1.66 ft; discharge 612 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.06 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 72° / 33°F · 0.14" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/12 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2024
72° / 33°F · 0.14"
09/12 average
74° / 25°F · 0.02"
20 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2024
75° / 46°F · 0.05"
09/12 average
77° / 40°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/12 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/12 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.