- Date
- 1985-08
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1985 Beaver Beacon introduced a weather column with August observations: 3.60 inches of rain, an 82°F high on August 8 and 9, and a 44°F low on August 22, along with counts of days in each temperature range.
Evidence limits
These are newspaper observations, not a calibrated station log or complete climatological record.
Sources
- Reports 3.60 inches of August rain, a high of 82°F on August 8 and 9, a low of 44°F on August 22, four days in the 80s, 16 in the 70s, 11 in the 60s, and nightly lows in the 60s on 11 nights, 50s on 16, and 40s on 2. It is a newspaper weather table, not a calibrated station log or complete climatological record. 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 · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the August weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island records August 1985 weather totals, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-weather-report-1985/, accessed [date], citing August Weather, Beaver Beacon, October 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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