Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, October 18, 2024
River flow1.60 ft
Actual · 10/18/2024
1.60 ft; discharge 558 cfs
USGS daily
10/18 average
1.70 ft; discharge 640 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.10 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 39° / 21°F · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 10/18 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2024
39° / 21°F
10/18 average
57° / 21°F · 0.02"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2024
42° / 27°F · 0.28"
10/18 average
61° / 30°F · 0.02"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 10/18 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 10/18 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.3 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%
Fridays: 2.17%, about 1 in 46
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.