Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 21, 2024
River flow1.58 ft
Actual · 09/21/2024
1.58 ft; discharge 561 cfs
USGS daily
09/21 average
1.69 ft; discharge 641 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.11 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 71° / 22°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/21 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2024
71° / 22°F · 0.00"
09/21 average
66° / 25°F · 0.03"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2024
76° / 35°F · 0.00"
09/21 average
69° / 39°F · 0.03"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/21 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/21 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.1 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%
Saturdays: 2.81%, about 1 in 36
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.