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Beaver Island records August 1986 rainfall and temperatures

Also August 1986 Beaver Island weather · August 1986 weather report

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TypeEvent
Dates1986-08-01 – 1986-08-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1986-08-01 – 1986-08-31
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Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1986 Beaver Beacon reported 2.09 inches of August rainfall and the month’s temperature extremes and daily 6 p.m. temperature counts for Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper weather summary, not a calibrated station dataset or complete daily log.

Sources

  1. Reports 2.09 inches of August rainfall over six days, a high of 79°F on August 17, a low of 43°F on August 29, and daily 6 p.m. temperature counts. It is a newspaper weather summary, not a calibrated station dataset or complete daily log. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fourteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the August weather table.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island records August 1986 rainfall and temperatures”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-weather-report-1986/, accessed [date], citing August weather, Beaver Beacon, October 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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