Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 28, 2008
River flow2.65 ft
Actual · 04/28/2008
2.65 ft; discharge 1,510 cfs
USGS daily
04/28 average
3.71 ft; discharge 3,408 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 1.06 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 57° / 12°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/28 average: 19% of peak melted · 22.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2008
57° / 12°F · 0.00"
04/28 average
53° / 23°F · 0.09"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2008
66° / 29°F · 0.00"
04/28 average
63° / 34°F · 0.03"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/28 average: 19% of peak melted · 22.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/28 average: 7% of peak melted · 40.4 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.