- Dates
- 1969-12-01 – 1969-12-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1970 Beaver Beacon reports December 1969 weather recorded by Fire Officer Will Wagner. The average high was 32.4 degrees and the average low 21.2; snowfall totaled 15.5 inches, snow on the ground reached 11 inches at month’s end, and total precipitation was 1.53 inches. The issue gives 1969 total precipitation as 32.71 inches.
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 December temperatures, snowfall, snow cover, and total precipitation for 1969; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island December 1969 weather report, published 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-weather-report-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1970, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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