Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, October 19, 2016
River flow1.99 ft
Actual · 10/19/2016
1.99 ft; discharge 865 cfs
USGS daily
10/19 average
1.71 ft; discharge 655 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.28 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 42° / 28°F · 0.09" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 10/19 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2016
42° / 28°F · 0.09"
10/19 average
59° / 21°F · 0.02"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2016
49° / 35°F · 0.09"
10/19 average
59° / 32°F · 0.03"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 10/19 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 10/19 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.3 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%
Wednesdays: 1.90%, about 1 in 53
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.