- Dates
- 1985-12-01 – 1985-12-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentweathercommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1986 Beaver Beacon reported a snowy December 1985: more than 53 inches of snow over 17 days, two opening blizzard days, strong winds, and no below-zero temperatures.
Evidence limits
These figures are preserved as a newspaper weather summary. The issue does not identify an official station, instrument, observer log, or independent dataset.
Sources
- Reports more than 53 inches of snow over 17 days, two days of blizzard at the beginning of the month, strong winds, and temperatures in the 30s, 20s, and teens with no below-zero readings. It does not identify a calibrated station, observer log, or measurement method. 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 · 1986-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the December weather summary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island December weather report, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-weather-report-1985/, accessed [date], citing December Weather, Beaver Beacon, January 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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