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Beaver Island reports unsettled November and December 1997 weather

Also November December 1997 Beaver Island weather report · Weather by Welke January 1998

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TypeEvent
Dates1997-11 – 1997-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1997-11 – 1997-12
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1998 Beaver Beacon described November as divided between a 44-degree average during its first ten days and 34 degrees during its last ten days. It characterized the November–December snow as sufficient to cause trouble but insufficient to make the landscape especially beautiful.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper summary with approximate period averages, not a complete daily climate log or instrument-series reconstruction.

Sources

  1. Reports November average temperatures of 44 degrees for the first ten days and 34 degrees for the last ten days, with November and December snow described as enough to cause trouble but not enough for beauty. 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 · 1998-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the late-1997 weather summary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports unsettled November and December 1997 weather”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-november-december-1997-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1998, “Weather by Welke (November/December).” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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