- Dates
- 1969-01-01 – 1969-01-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s January 1969 weather report, printed in the February Beaver Beacon, recorded a high of 49 degrees on January 22 and a low of -4 on January 1. Average high and low temperatures were 28.1 and 14.8 degrees. The Island received 15.5 inches of snow, with 24 inches on the ground on January 1 and 12 inches on January 31; fog occurred on three days, sleet on three days, and snow on 17 days.
Evidence and limits
This is a local newspaper weather summary. It does not identify the instrument, observation protocol, or an official weather-station series.
Sources
- Reports January's high of 49 on January 22, low of -4 on January 1, average high of 28.1, average low of 14.8, average 5:00 p.m. temperature of 24.8, 15.5 inches of snowfall, 24 inches of snow on the ground on January 1 and 12 inches on January 31, fog on three days, sleet on three days, and snow on 17 days. It is a local newspaper summary rather than an official weather-station dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island January weather report, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-january-weather-report-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1969, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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