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Beaver Island weather report for May and June 1972

Also Beaver Island May and June 1972 weather report · Bill Wagner May–June 1972 weather summary

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TypeEvent
Dates1972-05-01 – 1972-06-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1972-05-01 – 1972-06-30
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
weatherenvironment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June–July 1972 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s weather summary for May and June. May reached 84 degrees with 2.18 inches of rain; June reached 79 degrees with 2.40 inches of rain, bringing precipitation since January 1 to 10.46 inches.

Evidence and limits

These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s monthly summary. The issue does not identify an official observation station, instrument, or surviving weather log.

Sources

  1. Reports May and June temperatures, rainfall, and precipitation totals: May's high was 84 degrees, low 27, and rainfall 2.18 inches; June's high was 79, low 33, and rainfall 2.40 inches, with 10.46 inches of precipitation since January 1. It does not identify an official observation station or surviving weather log.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page combined June–July issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published monthly weather report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for May and June 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-june-weather-report-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June–July 1972, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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