- Date
- 1975-01
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weathercommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1975 Beaver Beacon reports January weather on Beaver Island: 42°F high, -3°F low, 29.0 inches of snowfall, 12.0 inches of snow on the ground at month end, and 2.62 inches of total precipitation. It also reports damaging winds over 60 mph on January 11–12.
Evidence and limits
These figures are a newspaper report attributed to Fire Officer Bill Wagner. They are not substituted for an instrument log or national weather archive.
Sources
- Reports a January high of 42°F on January 11, low of -3°F on January 22, 29.0 inches of snowfall, 12.0 inches of snow on the ground at month end, 2.62 inches of precipitation, average high 30.9°F, average low 19.3°F, average 5 p.m. temperature 26.3°F, and damaging winds over 60 mph on January 11–12. The measurements are a local newspaper report attributed to Fire Officer Bill Wagner, not an instrument archive. 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 · 1975-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The scan confirms the January weather figures and the attribution to Bill Wagner.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for January 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-january-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1975, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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