Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 29, 2017
River flow3.73 ft
Actual · 04/29/2017
3.73 ft; discharge 3,140 cfs
USGS daily
04/29 average
3.75 ft; discharge 3,488 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.02 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 45° / 16°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/29 average: 21% of peak melted · 22.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2017
45° / 16°F · 0.00"
04/29 average
54° / 23°F · 0.02"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2017
56° / 28°F · 0.00"
04/29 average
63° / 33°F · 0.05"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/29 average: 21% of peak melted · 22.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/29 average: 8% of peak melted · 40.1 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.