Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 2, 2017
River flow3.43 ft
Actual · 04/02/2017
3.43 ft; discharge 2,670 cfs
USGS daily
04/02 average
2.17 ft; discharge 1,115 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.26 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 45° / 21°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/02 average: 2% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2017
45° / 21°F · 0.00"
04/02 average
44° / 10°F · 0.09"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2017
59° / 34°F · 0.00"
04/02 average
54° / 26°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/02 average: 2% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/02 average: 0% of peak melted · 40.3 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%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.