Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 5, 2018
River flow2.16 ft
Actual · 04/05/2018
2.16 ft; discharge 1,040 cfs
USGS daily
04/05 average
2.27 ft; discharge 1,233 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.11 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 44° / 30°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/05 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2018
44° / 30°F · 0.00"
04/05 average
45° / 18°F · 0.13"
16 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2018
54° / 37°F
04/05 average
56° / 30°F · 0.05"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/05 average: 3% of peak melted · 25.5 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 40.8 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.