Name: Beaver Island’s May 2003 weather column predicts a mild, wet spring after April ice
Start: 2003-05
End: 2003-05
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s May 2003 weather column predicts a mild, wet spring after April ice

Also Beaver Island Weather or Not May 2003 · May 2003 spring forecast

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TypeEvent

Date2003-05

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-05
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 2003 weather column recalled April’s snow and ice and forecast slightly below-average temperatures with more rain than necessary, alongside returning buds, flowers, and morel mushrooms.

Evidence limits

This is a humorous forecast, not a measured weather record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “Weather or Not.”
Recalls April snow and ice, then forecasts slightly below-average temperatures, additional rain, returning buds, flowers, and morel mushrooms. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the May 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s May 2003 weather column predicts a mild, wet spring after April ice”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-may-2003-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “Weather or Not.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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