- Dates
- 1988-03-01 – 1988-04-30
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentweathercommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1988 Beaver Beacon reports March and April temperatures and April 27 rain and snow, crediting Betty Welke as the Beaver Island observer for the U.S. Department of Commerce weather report.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper weather summary and does not provide the underlying station log, calibration, or complete daily series.
Sources
- Reports March high 52°F on March 25 and low 3°F on March 20; April high 66°F on April 30 and low 25°F on April 21; and six inches of snow and 0.95 inches of rain on April 27, credited to observer Betty Welke. 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 · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island March and April 1988 weather report, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-april-1988-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing “Weather Report for March & April 1988,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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