Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 24, 2006
River flowNo stage reading · 11,400 cfs
Actual · 05/24/2006
11,400 cfs
USGS daily
05/24 average
5.15 ft; discharge 6,318 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 5,082 cfs.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 61° / —F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/24 average: 72% of peak melted · 8.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2006
61° / —F · 0.00"
05/24 average
57° / 28°F · 0.04"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2006
73° / 42°F · 0.00"
05/24 average
66° / 41°F · 0.03"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/24 average: 72% of peak melted · 8.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/24 average: 45% of peak melted · 24.6 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.