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Beaver Island March 1987 weather report, 1987

Also March 1987 Beaver Island weather

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TypeEvent
Dates1987-03-01 – 1987-03-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1987-03-01 – 1987-03-31
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Summary

The May 1987 Beaver Beacon described March as snowy but mostly sunny, with snowfalls of about five inches on March 2–3 and eight inches on March 29–30. It reported a high of 55°F and a low of 7°F.

Evidence limits

The newspaper does not identify a calibrated station, observer log, or measurement method for the summary.

Sources

  1. Reports five inches of snow March 2–3, another eight inches March 29–30, more than 20 sunny days, a high of 55°F on March 7, a low of 7°F on March 9, and the distribution of daily maximum temperatures. 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 · 1987-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the weather summary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island March 1987 weather report, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-1987-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing “March Weather,” Beaver Beacon, May 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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