- Dates
- 1985-03-03 – 1985-03-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironmenttransportationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
An old-fashioned winter storm struck Beaver Island on March 3, 1985, with strong easterly winds, heavy drifting snow, school closure, a midday post-office closure, and damage at Beaver Haven Marina. Wind and freezing rain returned on March 31.
Evidence limits
This is a detailed local newspaper and first-person account, not an official weather series or infrastructure incident log.
Sources
- Describes strong easterly winds around 50 mph with gusts near 60 mph at Welke's Airport, higher readings at the south lighthouse, drifting snow that closed the school, a shed blown from Beaver Haven Marina onto a piling, the post office closing at noon, and a March 31 return of wind and freezing rain. It is a first-person local report, not a calibrated weather, school, postal, or marina log. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fourteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the weather column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “March 1985 winter storm closes school and post office, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-1985-winter-storm/, accessed [date], citing “In Like a Lion,” Beaver Beacon, April 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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