- Date
- 2009-02
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weathermaritimerecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March issue’s weather column reported February temperatures from 51 degrees above to 8.5 degrees below zero, a 39-hour warm spell, removal of ice shanties from the harbor and inland lakes, renewed hard ice, and ten inches of snow in a single day.
Evidence limits
These figures are a newspaper summary. The record does not substitute for a weather-station series, ice-safety log, or official snowfall measurement.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2009, "Our Weather."Reports a February range from 51 degrees above to 8.5 below, a 39-hour hot spell, removal of shanties from the harbor and inland lakes, refreezing, and a ten-inch snowfall. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reports February 2009 cold, thaw, ice, and snowfall”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-2009-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2009, "Our Weather." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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