- Date
- 1996-05
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherhydrologyenvironmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1996 Beaver Beacon described May as a transition into spring, with temperatures from 29 to 79 degrees, a first-half daily average of 51 degrees, a second-half average of 70 degrees, and about three inches of rain. Its water column placed Lake Michigan four inches above the long-term monthly average and expected another three inches of rise in June; it also projected the lake to remain six inches above November 1995’s level in November.
Evidence limits
These are the newspaper column’s monthly summary and forecast, not a modern instrument-series reconstruction or a complete daily climate log.
Sources
- Reports May temperatures from 29 to 79 degrees, first-half and second-half daily averages of 51 and 70 degrees, about three inches of rain, and Lake Michigan four inches above the long-term monthly average with another three inches of rise expected in June. 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 · 1996-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the May weather and lake-level columns.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports a warm May 1996 and a Lake Michigan level above average”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-1996-weather-and-lake-level-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1996, “Weather from Welke” and “Water, Water Everywhere!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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