- Dates
- 1979-04 – 1979-05-05
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironmenttransportationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1979 issue records the first yacht-dock boat on May 1, a wet May 5 snowstorm that interrupted flights, spring sucker and mushroom activity, and the newspaper’s April weather table.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper observations, not a station log, flight log, or complete seasonal series.
Sources
- Reports the first yacht-dock boat on May 1, an all-day wet snowstorm on May 5 that stopped island flights around noon, spring suckers and mushrooms, and April high, low, precipitation, and snowfall figures. These are newspaper observations, not a station log, flight log, or complete seasonal series. 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 · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the spring observations and weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “May 1979 spring weather and island observations”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-1979-spring-weather-and-observations/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1979, “May — Notes of Interest” and April weather report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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