Name: Lake Michigan stands eight inches higher than the previous May, 2004
Start: 2004-06
End: 2004-06
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-06
Kind: Observation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentweatherseasonal-lifecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 2004 Beaver Beacon reported that Lake Michigan stood eight inches higher than in May 2003 after a snowy winter and heavy May rains. The comparison point, May 2003, was itself eight inches above the all-time spring low recorded in 1964.

Evidence limits

This is a brief newspaper comparison, not a gauge series or a complete hydrological measurement record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2004, "Lake Michigan."
Reports that winter snow and heavy May rains left the lake eight inches higher than the previous May, which was eight inches above the all-time spring low recorded in 1964. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the lake-level observation.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Lake Michigan stands eight inches higher than the previous May, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-level-june-2004-observation/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2004, "Lake Michigan." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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