Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s February 1974 report gives Beaver Island weather measurements for January: a 43°F high, a 1°F low, 9 inches of snowfall, about 5 inches of snow on the ground at month end, and 1.40 inches of precipitation.
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, February 1974, “Weather.”Fire Officer Bill Wagner reports a January high of 43°F on January 26, low of 1°F on January 9, average high of 27°F, average low of 16°F, 9 inches of snowfall, about 5 inches of snow on the ground at month end, 1.40 inches of precipitation, and 18.5 inches of snowfall since November 1, 1973. It is a single community report, not a calibrated long-term climate series.