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Beaver Island October weather report, published November 1965

Also November 1965 Beaver Island weather report

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1965-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
circa 1965-10
Kind
Weather
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1965 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s October weather report. It recorded 2.27 inches of rain, observations on 24 days, an average high of 54 degrees, an average low of 37.5 degrees, and a low of 24 degrees on October 29.

Evidence and limits

These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s local weather report. The issue does not identify an instrument, observation site, or official weather-station series.

Sources

  1. Reports 2.27 inches of October rain, 24 days of observations, temperature averages, a 68-degree high on October 18, a 24-degree low on October 29, and snow mixed with rain on October 23; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published report; it does not expand the source-specific weather observations.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island October weather report, published November 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-weather-report-published-november-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1965, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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