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Beaver Island November weather report, 1985

Also November 1985 Beaver Island weather

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TypeEvent
Dates1985-11-01 – 1985-11-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1985-11-01 – 1985-11-30
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Weather
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Summary

The January 1986 Beaver Beacon described November 1985 as dreary, reporting two sunny days, 3.67 inches of rain, four inches of snow and ice over 17 days, and temperatures from 56°F to 18°F.

Evidence limits

These figures are preserved as a newspaper weather summary. The issue does not identify an official station, instrument, observer log, or independent dataset.

Sources

  1. Reports two days of sunshine, 3.67 inches of rain, four inches of snow and ice over 17 days, and temperatures from 56°F to 18°F. It does not identify a calibrated station, observer log, or measurement method. 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 · 1986-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the November weather summary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island November weather report, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-november-weather-report-1985/, accessed [date], citing November Weather, Beaver Beacon, January 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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