- Dates
- 1969-07-01 – 1969-08-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The combined August–September 1969 Beaver Beacon reports July and August weather recorded by Fire Officer Bill Wagner. July averaged 75.4 degrees high, 55.3 degrees low, and 4.73 inches of rain; August averaged 78.4 high and 60.5 low, with 1.11 inches of rain. The report also records dry spells, fog, and the month’s high and low temperatures.
Evidence and limits
These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s local observation record. The issue does not identify the instruments, observation site, or an independent official weather series.
Sources
- Reports July and August temperatures, rainfall, and fog from Fire Officer Bill Wagner; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page combined August–September issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published weather reports.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island July and August weather reports, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-report-july-august-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1969, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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