- Dates
- 1969-10-01 – 1969-10-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1969 Beaver Beacon reports October weather recorded by Fire Officer Bill Wagner. October had a high daytime temperature of 70 degrees, a low nighttime temperature of 26, rain on 18 days totaling 5.52 inches, one inch of snow on October 21–22, and fog on two days. Total precipitation since January 1 was reported as 29.39 inches.
Evidence and limits
These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s local observation record. The issue does not identify the instruments, observation site, or an independent official weather series.
Sources
- Reports October temperatures, rainfall, snow, fog, and year-to-date precipitation; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island October weather report, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-weather-report-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1969, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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