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Beaver Island records July 1986 rainfall and temperatures

Also July 1986 Beaver Island weather · July 1986 weather report

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TypeEvent
Dates1986-07-01 – 1986-07-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1986-07-01 – 1986-07-31
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1986 Beaver Beacon reported 4.93 inches of rainfall and July 1986 temperature extremes and daily temperature-group counts for Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

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

Sources

  1. Reports 4.93 inches of July rainfall, including 3.58 inches on July 13, a high of 86 degrees on July 5, a low of 42 degrees on July 3, and daily temperature-group 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 · 1986-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the July weather table.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-09_Beaver-Beacon

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

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