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Beaver Island August weather report, 1966

Also September 1966 Beaver Island weather report

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1966-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1966-08
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1966 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s August weather report. It recorded 2.28 inches of rain, hail on August 29, an August high of 80 degrees, and a low of 49 degrees.

Evidence and limits

These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s local weather report. The issue does not identify an instrument, observation site, or official weather-station series.

Sources

  1. Reports August temperatures, 2.28 inches of rain, hail, fog, and three days without observations; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published report; it does not expand the source-specific weather observations.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island August weather report, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-weather-report-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1966, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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