Name: Beaver Island’s August 2002 weather column forecasts heat moderated by Lake Michigan
Start: 2002-08
End: 2002-08
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s August 2002 weather column forecasts heat moderated by Lake Michigan

Also Beaver Island Weather or Not August 2002 · August 2002 heat forecast

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TypeEvent

Date2002-08

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2002-08
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2002 weather column expected hot and muggy conditions but noted that Lake Michigan kept Beaver Island cooler than much of the country. It forecast warmth through the first week of September.

Evidence limits

This is a conversational forecast, not a weather-station record or climate analysis.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 2002, “Weather or Not,” by Liam Racine.
Forecasts hot and muggy August conditions, notes that Beaver Island remains cooler than much of the country, and expects warmth to continue into early September. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 2002, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the weather column.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s August 2002 weather column forecasts heat moderated by Lake Michigan”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-august-2002-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2002, “Weather or Not,” by Liam Racine. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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