- Dates
- 1972-04-01 – 1972-04-30
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s weather report in the May 1972 Beaver Beacon records April temperatures, precipitation, snowfall, and fire conditions on Beaver Island. The report gives an April high of 59 degrees, a low of 11 degrees, 2.40 inches of precipitation, and 3 inches of snow.
Evidence and limits
These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s monthly summary. The issue does not identify an official observation station, instrument, or surviving weather log.
Sources
- Reports Bill Wagner's April observations, including a high of 59 degrees, a low of 11 degrees, average high and low temperatures of 42.5 and 27.1 degrees, 2.40 inches of precipitation, 3 inches of snowfall, and high fire hazard during the last week; it does not identify an official observation station or surviving weather log.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published monthly weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for April 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-april-weather-report-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1972, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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