Name: Beaver Island experiences heavy snow, rain, and refreezing in December 2008
Start: 2008-12
End: 2008-12
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island experiences heavy snow, rain, and refreezing in December 2008

Also Beaver Island old-fashioned winter December 2008

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent

Date2008-12

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2008-12
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

An essay in the January 2009 issue describes December 2008 as a heavy-snow winter, followed by rain on December 14 and a sharp refreeze that left roads icy.

Evidence limits

This is a descriptive newspaper essay, not a calibrated weather station record or complete snow-depth series.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "An Old-Fashioned Winter."
Describes heavy snow, repeated plowing, mid-month rain, refreezing, slick roads, and a forecast of a more inclement new year. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 2009, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the weather essay.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island experiences heavy snow, rain, and refreezing in December 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-old-fashioned-winter-december-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "An Old-Fashioned Winter." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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