- Dates
- 1983-02-01 – 1983-02-28
- Kind
- Observation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1983 Beacon printed a February weather table with a 52°F high, -4°F low, 1.43 inches of precipitation, and 10 inches of snowfall. The table is printed as 1982 even though the surrounding issue reports February 1983 events; that uncertainty is preserved.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper table, not a reconstructed station dataset.
Sources
- Prints a February weather table with 52-degree highs on February 19 and 20, a -4-degree low on February 8, average high 33.1, average low 16.1, average 5 p.m. temperature 27.7, 1.43 inches precipitation, and 10 inches snowfall. The printed year says 1982, while the surrounding 1983 reporting and February 1983 events suggest a possible source or transcription error; the wording is preserved. This is a newspaper table, not a reconstructed station dataset. 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 · 1983-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the printed weather table.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for February 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-february-1983/, accessed [date], citing “Beaver Island Weather Report for February 1982,” Beaver Beacon, April 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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