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Beaver Island receives its first sticking snowfall of winter, 2016

Also Beaver Island first accumulating snow · December 2016

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TypeEvent
Dates2016-12-04 – 2016-12-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2016-12-04 – 2016-12-05
Kind
Weather_event
Carried out by
organization/wvbi
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
weathertransportationbroadcasting
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

On December 4–5, 2016, Beaver Island experienced its first reported sticking snowfall of the winter. WVBI described slick roads and a temporary interruption caused by ice on its antenna.

Evidence limits

This entry preserves a contemporaneous local observation. It does not provide snowfall totals, official weather-station data, or a complete account of road conditions.

Sources

  1. WVBI reported slick roads across the island and an ice-covered antenna that temporarily took the station off the air. A follow-up jokingly identified the event as the first accumulating snowfall; this is a contemporaneous community weather observation, not a meteorological measurement.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011120

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island receives its first sticking snowfall of winter, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-sticking-snowfall-winter-2016/, accessed [date], citing WVBI, “First (Sticking) Snowfall of the Winter,” Beaver Island Forum, December 4–5, 2016..

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