Beaver Island June weather and fire-hazard report, 1966

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Event

Date: circa 1966-06
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1966 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s June weather report. It recorded 1.90 inches of rain, an average daytime temperature of 74 degrees, and a high fire hazard that led to a suspension of burning permits.

Evidence and limits

These figures and the permit warning are preserved as a local newspaper report. The issue does not identify an official weather or fire-management record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1966, “Weather.”
Reports 1.90 inches of June rain, temperatures, and a high fire hazard that led to a suspension of burning permits; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1966, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published report; it does not expand the source-specific weather or fire-safety observations.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island June weather and fire-hazard report, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-june-weather-report-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1966, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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