- Dates
- 1969-03-01 – 1969-03-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s March 1969 weather report, printed in the April Beaver Beacon, recorded four inches of snow, 1.23 inches of precipitation, a high of 47 on March 19, and a low of 0 on March 7 and 13. Rain or snow fell on eight days and fog occurred on four days.
Evidence and limits
This is a local newspaper weather summary. It does not identify the instrument, observation protocol, or an official weather-station series.
Sources
- Reports March snowfall of four inches, precipitation of 1.23 inches, high of 47 on March 19, average high of 33.4, low of 0 on March 7 and 13, average low of 18.2, 5:00 p.m. high of 42 on March 19, 5:00 p.m. low of 10 on March 10, average 5:00 p.m. temperature of 28, rain or snow on eight days, and fog on four days. It is a local newspaper summary rather than an official weather-station dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island March weather report, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-weather-report-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1969, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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