Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 22, 2016
River flow4.83 ft
Actual · 05/22/2016
4.83 ft; discharge 5,180 cfs
USGS daily
05/22 average
5.25 ft; discharge 6,617 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.42 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 51° / 32°F · 0.18" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/22 average: 69% of peak melted · 9.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2016
51° / 32°F · 0.18"
05/22 average
58° / 31°F · 0.10"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2016
56° / 44°F
05/22 average
66° / 42°F · 0.04"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/22 average: 69% of peak melted · 9.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/22 average: 42% of peak melted · 25.9 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%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.