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Beaver Island’s September 2002 weather column expects a cool, sunny transition into fall

Also Beaver Island Weather or Not September 2002 · September 2002 autumn forecast

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Summary

The September 2002 weather column described August’s heat giving way to cooler temperatures, clear skies, and autumn rain. It forecast a mostly sunny but cool September with several longer rainy periods.

Evidence limits

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

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Weather or Not,” by Liam Racine.
    Reports August’s heat giving way to cooler temperatures and autumnal rain, and forecasts a sunny but cool September with several long rainy days and an autumnal equinox on September 23. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the weather column.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s September 2002 weather column expects a cool, sunny transition into fall”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-september-2002-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Weather or Not,” by Liam Racine. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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