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Beaver Island reports December 1994 temperatures, snow, transportation, and Lake Michigan level

Also December 1994 Beaver Island weather report

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Date1994-12
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ErasModern era
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1994-12
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Weather
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Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1995 Beacon reported December’s low of -17 degrees, high of 48, light snow, a snowless Christmas, and a short projected snowmobile-to-mainland season. It also published an Army Corps water-level comparison and forecast.

Evidence limits

These are the newspaper’s monthly observations and forecast, not a modern instrument-series reconstruction.

Sources

  1. Reports a December low of -17 degrees on December 12, high of 48 on December 3, light snow December 9–14, a snowless Christmas, shortened snowmobile season, and a projected June 1995 level two inches higher than June 1994. 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 · 1995-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the December weather and water report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports December 1994 temperatures, snow, transportation, and Lake Michigan level”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-1994-weather-and-lake-level-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1995, “Weather from Welke” and “Water from the Army Corps of Engineers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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