Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 29, 2024
River flow1.51 ft
Actual · 09/29/2024
1.51 ft; discharge 506 cfs
USGS daily
09/29 average
1.67 ft; discharge 624 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.16 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 83° / 24°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/29 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2024
83° / 24°F · 0.00"
09/29 average
68° / 24°F · 0.10"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2024
86° / 39°F · 0.00"
09/29 average
72° / 36°F · 0.00"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/29 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/29 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%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.