- Dates
- 1971-01-01 – 1971-01-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s weather report in the February 1971 Beaver Beacon records January snowfall, precipitation, and a ten-day blizzard at month end.
Evidence and limits
The report preserves the monthly totals but does not identify the observation station or instruments.
Sources
- Reports Bill Wagner’s January observations, including 38.5 inches of snow, 2.57 inches of precipitation including snow, 65.5 inches of snow since November, and a ten-day blizzard at month end.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for January 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-january-weather-report-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1971, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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