Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s March 1974 report gives Beaver Island weather measurements for February: a 39°F high, a -7°F low, 15.5 inches of snowfall, and six inches of snow on the ground at month end. It also reports 34 inches of snowfall since November 1 and monthly temperature averages.
Evidence and limits
This is a monthly newspaper report, not a complete weather-station archive or long-term climate series. The reported averages and cumulative snowfall are preserved as printed rather than recalculated.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 1974, “Weather.”Fire Officer Bill Wagner reports a February high of 39°F on February 27 and 28, low of -7°F on February 15, average high of 24°F, average low of 9.4°F, average 5 p.m. temperature of 15.4°F, 15.5 inches of snowfall, 34 inches since November 1, and six inches of snow on the ground at month end. It is a single community report, not a calibrated long-term climate series.