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Beaver Island weather observations for February 1976

Also February 1976 Beaver Island weather

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TypeEvent
Date1976-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1976-02
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner (weather_reporter)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
weatherenvironmentcommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Bill Wagner’s March 1976 Beaver Beacon report records February 1976 Beaver Island weather: a 44-degree high, a 14-degree-below-zero low, 1.46 inches of precipitation, and 16 inches of snowfall.

Evidence and limits

These figures are preserved as a newspaper-published monthly summary, not as a complete daily or calibrated climate record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Reports February high and low temperatures, averages, precipitation, and snowfall from Fire Officer Bill Wagner. It is a newspaper monthly summary, not a complete station log. 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 · 1976-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue confirms the February weather report and attribution.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather observations for February 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-february-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1976, “Weather Report.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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