- Dates
- 1970-12-01 – 1970-12-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s weather report in the January 1971 Beaver Beacon records December 1970 snowfall, precipitation, and a snowstorm with thunder and lightning.
Evidence and limits
The event date is preserved as December 1970 even though the report appears in the January 1971 issue.
Sources
- Reports Bill Wagner’s December observations, including 23 inches of snowfall, 2.16 inches of precipitation including snow, and thunder and lightning during the December 3–4 snowstorm.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for December 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-weather-report-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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