Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, August 20, 2013
River flow1.59 ft
Actual · 08/20/2013
1.59 ft; discharge 562 cfs
USGS daily
08/20 average
1.79 ft; discharge 724 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.20 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 86° / 30°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 08/20 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2013
86° / 30°F · 0.00"
08/20 average
80° / 32°F · 0.01"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2013
90° / 53°F · 0.00"
08/20 average
86° / 50°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 08/20 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 08/20 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Lottery odds12.12% first-choice proxy
2025 first-choice proxy · 08/20 launch
12.12%
6.8× season avg 1.79% (+10.33 pts)
First-choice applications
33
Private launches available
4
Season-wide 2025 success rate
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%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.