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Beaver Island June weather report, 1968

Also June 1968 Beaver Island weather report

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1968-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1968-06
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1968 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s June weather report. Rain fell on 18 of 30 days, fog occurred on 15 days, and total rainfall was 3.92 inches. The average daytime temperature was 66.8 degrees and the average nighttime temperature was 49 degrees.

Evidence and limits

These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s local report. The issue does not identify an instrument, observation site, or official weather series.

Sources

  1. Reports June rain, fog, temperatures, and averages; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island June weather report, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-june-weather-report-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1968, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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