Name: Beaver Island reports an unusually pleasant August 1996 and elevated Lake Michigan levels
Start: 1996-08
End: 1996-09
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 1996-08 – 1996-09
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weatherhydrologyenvironmentcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1996 Beaver Beacon described August as an unusually pleasant month, with a 74-degree average daytime temperature, 52-degree average sleeping temperature, and rain on only four days, never exceeding one-half inch. Its lake-level column placed Lake Michigan eight inches above the long-term July average and expected another inch of rise in August before the normal decline.

Evidence limits

These are the newspaper column’s monthly summary and forecast, not a complete daily climate log or instrument-series reconstruction.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1996, “Weather by Welke” and “Lake Levels — September.”
Reports an August average daytime temperature of 74 degrees, average sleeping temperature of 52 degrees, rain on four days with no more than one-half inch, and Lake Michigan eight inches above the long-term July average with another inch expected in August. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1996, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the August weather and lake-level columns.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports an unusually pleasant August 1996 and elevated Lake Michigan levels”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-1996-weather-and-lake-level-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1996, “Weather by Welke” and “Lake Levels — September.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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