- Date
- 1966-02
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentweather
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1966 Beaver Beacon published a February weather summary compiled by Fire Officer Bill Wagner. It reported a high of 49 degrees, a low of -7, average daytime and nighttime temperatures of 29.6 and 16.3 degrees, .98 inches of rainfall, and 2.5 inches of snowfall.
Evidence and limits
These figures are preserved as a local newspaper report, not as an official weather-station record or complete daily series.
Open questions
- Which instrument and observation location produced the figures?
- Are official February 1966 records available for comparison?
Sources
- Reports a February high of 49 degrees, low of -7 degrees, average daytime and nighttime temperatures of 29.6 and 16.3 degrees, .98 inches of rainfall, 2.5 inches of snowfall, and 18.94 inches of snowfall since November. It is a local newspaper compilation, not an official weather-station series.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island February 1966 weather report is published, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-1966-weather-report-published-march-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1966, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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