- Dates
- 1972-01-01 – 1972-01-31
- 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 1972 Beaver Beacon records January temperatures, snowfall, and precipitation on Beaver Island. The report gives a January high of 42 degrees, a low of -6 degrees, 12.5 inches of snow since January 1, and 37.5 inches since November 1.
Evidence and limits
These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s monthly summary. The issue does not identify an official observation station, instrument, or surviving weather log.
Sources
- Reports Bill Wagner's January observations, including a high of 42 degrees, a low of -6 degrees, average high and low temperatures of 27.17 and 14.2 degrees, 12.5 inches of snowfall since January 1, 37.5 inches since November 1, and 1.02 inches of precipitation since January 1; it does not identify an official observation station or surviving weather log.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published monthly weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for January 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-january-weather-report-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1972, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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