Beaver Island September weather report, 1966

Also October 1966 Beaver Island weather report

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TypeEvent

Datecirca 1966-09

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: circa 1966-09
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1966 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s September weather report. It recorded 2.27 inches of rain, an average high of 69 degrees, and an average low of 51 degrees.

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

Beaver Beacon, October 1966, “Weather.”
Reports September temperatures and 2.27 inches of rainfall; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1966, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published report; it does not expand the source-specific weather observations.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island September weather report, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-september-weather-report-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1966, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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