Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 9, 2011
River flow3.92 ft
Actual · 05/09/2011
3.92 ft; discharge 3,230 cfs
USGS daily
05/09 average
4.72 ft; discharge 5,146 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.80 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 55° / 32°F · 0.02" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/09 average: 39% of peak melted · 17.2 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2011
55° / 32°F · 0.02"
05/09 average
57° / 25°F · 0.07"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2011
62° / 40°F · 0.29"
05/09 average
65° / 35°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/09 average: 39% of peak melted · 17.2 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/09 average: 18% of peak melted · 36.0 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.