- Dates
- 1969-09-01 – 1969-09-30
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1969 Beaver Beacon reports September weather recorded by Fire Officer Bill Wagner. The average daytime temperature was 69.1 degrees, the average nighttime temperature 52.8, and the average 5 p.m. temperature 62.1. Rain fell on five days, hail fell on September 26, and total rainfall was 1.55 inches; total precipitation since January 1 was reported as 23.87 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 September temperatures, rainfall, hail, and year-to-date precipitation; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-10_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 · 1969-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island September weather report, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-september-weather-report-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1969, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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