Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 13, 2017
River flow3.50 ft
Actual · 04/13/2017
3.50 ft; discharge 2,790 cfs
USGS daily
04/13 average
2.73 ft; discharge 1,796 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.77 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 56° / 32°F · 0.05" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/13 average: 5% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2017
56° / 32°F · 0.05"
04/13 average
47° / 18°F · 0.05"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2017
69° / 36°F · 0.00"
04/13 average
57° / 29°F · 0.04"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/13 average: 5% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/13 average: 1% of peak melted · 41.7 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%
Thursdays: 2.10%, about 1 in 48
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.