Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 8, 2017
River flow4.07 ft
Actual · 04/08/2017
4.07 ft; discharge 3,700 cfs
USGS daily
04/08 average
2.46 ft; discharge 1,502 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.61 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 42° / 26°F · 0.36" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/08 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.7 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2017
42° / 26°F · 0.36"
04/08 average
48° / 18°F · 0.10"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2017
56° / 33°F · 0.00"
04/08 average
59° / 29°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/08 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.7 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/08 average: 1% of peak melted · 41.4 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%
Saturdays: 2.81%, about 1 in 36
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.