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Beaver Island weather observer reports May 1988 high, low, and rainfall, 1988

Also May 1988 Beaver Island weather · Betty Welke weather report

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TypeEvent
Date1988-05-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1988-05-31
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Summary

The June 1988 Beaver Beacon reports a May 1988 high of 80°F, a low of 32°F, and 1.19 inches of rain on four days, based on Betty Welke’s observations for the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Evidence limits

The record preserves the newspaper’s local summary; it is not a replacement for calibrated station data or the federal observation log.

Sources

  1. Reports a May high of 80°F on May 31, low of 32°F on May 11, and 1.19 inches of rain on four days, credited to island 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 · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather observer reports May 1988 high, low, and rainfall, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-1988-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing “Weather Report for May 1988,” Beaver Beacon, June 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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