- Dates
- 1969-04-01 – 1969-04-30
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s April 1969 weather report, printed in the May Beaver Beacon, recorded a high of 60 degrees on April 25, a low of 35 on April 2, and 2.99 inches of rain. Fog occurred on six days, rain on 11 days, and the ground was bare by April 10.
Evidence and limits
This is a local newspaper weather summary. It does not identify the instrument, observation protocol, or an official weather-station series.
Sources
- Reports April's high of 60 on April 25, low of 35 on April 2, average daytime high of 47.3, average nighttime temperature of 32.2, 2.99 inches of rain, fog on six days, rain on 11 days, ground bare by April 10, and temperatures in the 60s on one day, 50s on 11, 40s on 12, and 30s on six. It is a local newspaper summary rather than an official weather-station dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island April weather report, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-april-weather-report-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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