Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, August 24, 2016
River flow1.62 ft
Actual · 08/24/2016
1.62 ft; discharge 598 cfs
USGS daily
08/24 average
1.77 ft; discharge 706 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.15 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 72° / 21°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 08/24 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2016
72° / 21°F · 0.00"
08/24 average
77° / 30°F · 0.00"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2016
75° / 42°F · 0.00"
08/24 average
82° / 46°F · 0.02"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 08/24 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 08/24 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Lottery odds11.76% first-choice proxy
2025 first-choice proxy · 08/24 launch
11.76%
6.6× season avg 1.79% (+9.97 pts)
First-choice applications
17
Private launches available
2
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%
Wednesdays: 1.90%, about 1 in 53
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.