Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s May 1973 report gives Beaver Island’s April weather measurements: a 65-degree high on April 21, a 19-degree low on April 13, eight foggy days, thunderstorms on April 20–21, five inches of snow, and 3.74 inches of total precipitation.
Evidence and limits
The article is a single monthly community report. It does not establish a calibrated weather-station series, long-term averages, or an independent measurement record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 1973, “Weather.”Fire Officer Bill Wagner reports April temperatures, fog on eight days, thunderstorms on April 20–21, 2.0 inches of rain from those storms, five inches of snow on April 9–10, five inches total snowfall, and 3.74 inches total precipitation. The report is not a long-term climate series.