- Date
- 1997-03
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironmenttransportationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Welke’s May 1997 column describes March as springlike but messy: snow melted, roads developed ruts and potholes, ice-storm branches remained on the ground, and cleanup supplied cordwood. The column also records March temperature averages for two five-day periods and notes that lake ice was gone and trees were budding.
Evidence limits
This is a local newspaper weather account, not a complete instrumental record or climatological analysis.
Sources
- Describes spring potholes and ice-storm branch damage, cleanup and cordwood, March temperature averages of 23 degrees in the third five-day period and over 40 degrees in the final five-day period, and ice leaving the lake as trees budded. 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 · 1997-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the March weather column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Welke reports March 1997 spring weather and ice-storm cleanup on Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-1997-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1997, “WEATHER BY WELKE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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