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Beaver Island April 1987 weather report, 1987

Also April 1987 Beaver Island weather

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TypeEvent
Dates1987-04-01 – 1987-04-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1987-04-01 – 1987-04-30
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Weather
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1987 Beaver Beacon described April as a variable month, with eight inches of snow on April 1–2, about two inches of scattered rain, 19 sunny days, a high of 80°F, and a low of 16°F.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper weather summary. It does not identify a calibrated station, observer log, or measurement method.

Sources

  1. Reports eight inches of snow April 1–2, about two inches of scattered rain, 19 sunny days, a high of 80°F on April 20, a low of 16°F on April 4, and the distribution of daily maximum temperatures. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seventeen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the weather summary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island April 1987 weather report, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-april-1987-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing “April Weather,” Beaver Beacon, June 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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