- Date
- 1997-02
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironmentcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Welke’s April 1997 column characterizes February as unusually sunny and mild: three nights fell below zero, no days did, eight days rose above freezing, and only one day in the second half of the month lacked at least a few minutes of bright sun.
Evidence limits
This is a local newspaper weather account, not a complete instrumental record or climatological analysis.
Sources
- Reports three below-zero nights, no below-zero days, eight days above freezing, and unusually frequent sunshine during February 1997; the column says March also received some of the same sunny weather. 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 · 1997-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the February weather column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Welke reports an unusually sunny February on Beaver Island in 1997”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-1997-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1997, “WEATHER by WELKE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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