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Beaver Island weather report for November 1972

Also November 1972 Beaver Island weather report

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TypeEvent
Dates1972-11-01 – 1972-11-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1972-11-01 – 1972-11-30
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1972 Beaver Beacon published Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s November weather report. November’s high was 53 degrees on the 6th and its low was 24 degrees on the 24th; rain or snow occurred on nine days, and no snow remained on the ground at the end of the month.

Evidence and limits

This is a contemporaneous newspaper summary of local measurements, not the underlying weather log or an independently calibrated observation series.

Sources

  1. Reports November high and low temperatures, averages, precipitation on nine days, and no snow on the ground at month end, as reported by Fire Officer Bill Wagner; it does not provide the underlying instrument log. 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 · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather table.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

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

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