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Beaver Island weather report for September and October 1972

Also Beaver Island September and October 1972 weather report · Bill Wagner September–October 1972 weather summary

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TypeEvent
Dates1972-09-01 – 1972-10-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1972-09-01 – 1972-10-31
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
weatherenvironment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October–November 1972 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s weather summary for September and October. September’s reported high and low were 72 and -37 degrees; October’s were 69 and 27 degrees, with October rain, trace snow, fog, and high winds.

Evidence and limits

These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s monthly summary. The issue does not identify an official observation station, instrument, or surviving weather log.

Sources

  1. Reports September and October temperatures and precipitation: September's high was 72 degrees, low -37, and precipitation 4.04 inches; October's high was 69, low 27, and rainfall 1.13 inches, with fog, trace snow, and high winds. It does not identify an official observation station or surviving weather log.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page combined October–November issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

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

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