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Beaver Island weather report for December 1989

Also December 1989 weather report · Betty Welke weather report

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TypeEvent
Date1990-01-26
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1990-01-26
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 26, 1990 Beaver Beacon published a December 1989 Beaver Island weather summary credited to Betty Welke: a 35-degree high, 4-degree low, five inches of snow, and 2.15 inches of precipitation.

Evidence limits

This is a compact newspaper table and does not include the daily observations or instrument metadata.

Sources

  1. Reports a December high of 35, low of 4, temperature-day counts, 5 inches of snow, and 2.15 inches of precipitation, credited to Betty Welke. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1990-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held twenty-page January issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for December 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-december-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Weather Report for December,” Beaver Beacon, January 26, 1990. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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