Name: Beaver Island’s November 2002 weather column anticipates snow and an El Niño winter
Start: 2002-11
End: 2002-11
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s November 2002 weather column anticipates snow and an El Niño winter

Also Beaver Island Weather or Not November 2002 · November 2002 El Niño forecast

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TypeEvent

Date2002-11

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2002-11
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2002 weather column expected early snow to melt but suggested that snow could settle around Thanksgiving and continue through winter. It linked the uncertain precipitation mix to El Niño and the jet stream.

Evidence limits

This is a conversational forecast, not an instrumental weather record or retrospective climate analysis.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Weather or Not.”
Forecasts short-lived early snow, a strong chance of persistent snow around Thanksgiving, and a wet winter influenced by El Niño and the jet stream. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2002, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the weather column.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s November 2002 weather column anticipates snow and an El Niño winter”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-november-2002-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Weather or Not.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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