Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 15, 2019
River flow2.64 ft
Actual · 04/15/2019
2.64 ft; discharge 1,590 cfs
USGS daily
04/15 average
2.72 ft; discharge 1,803 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.08 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 40° / 23°F · 0.03" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/15 average: 6% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2019
40° / 23°F · 0.03"
04/15 average
45° / 17°F · 0.04"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2019
50° / 33°F
04/15 average
56° / 29°F · 0.01"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/15 average: 6% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/15 average: 1% of peak melted · 41.9 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.