- Date
- 1959-02
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weathercommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1959 Beaver Beacon describes an unusually severe winter on Beaver Island, with eighteen inches of snow on the level, large drifts, and a reported low of five degrees below zero.
Evidence limits
The report is a local observation, not a weather-station dataset or complete storm chronology.
Sources
- Describes the winter as worse than usual, reports eighteen inches of snow on the level and a low of five below zero, and says Roger Carlisle crawled out a window because of drifts. It does not provide instrument records, observation times, or a complete storm chronology. 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 · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the winter report; it does not expand the meteorological record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island endures an unusually snowy and cold winter, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-1959-snow-and-cold/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1959, “WHITE STUFF GALORE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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