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December 1990 Lakes Michigan-Huron level report

Also December 1990 Great Lakes water levels

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TypeEvent
Date1990-12-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1990-12-31
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
hydrologyenvironmentcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1991 Beaver Beacon reports Lakes Michigan-Huron at 577.92 feet above Father Point at the end of December 1990, or 13 inches above Chart Datum; the monthly mean was 578.01 feet.

Sources

  1. Reports end-of-December Lakes Michigan-Huron elevation 577.92 feet, 13 inches above Chart Datum, and a December monthly mean of 578.01 feet. 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 · 1991-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held sixteen-page January issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “December 1990 Lakes Michigan-Huron level report”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-lake-levels-1990/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 29, 1991, "Lake Levels." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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