Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 19, 2016
River flow4.07 ft
Actual · 04/19/2016
4.07 ft; discharge 3,710 cfs
USGS daily
04/19 average
2.89 ft; discharge 1,945 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.18 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 62° / 19°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/19 average: 8% of peak melted · 25.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2016
62° / 19°F · 0.00"
04/19 average
49° / 16°F · 0.02"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2016
70° / 30°F · 0.00"
04/19 average
60° / 29°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/19 average: 8% of peak melted · 25.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/19 average: 2% of peak melted · 42.2 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%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.