Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 18, 2009
River flow5.71 ft
Actual · 05/18/2009
5.71 ft; discharge 7,120 cfs
USGS daily
05/18 average
5.39 ft; discharge 6,814 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.32 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · No observation · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/18 average: 61% of peak melted · 11.3 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2009
No observation
05/18 average
63° / 31°F · 0.03"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2009
86° / 43°F · 0.00"
05/18 average
70° / 42°F · 0.05"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/18 average: 61% of peak melted · 11.3 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/18 average: 35% of peak melted · 29.0 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.