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Beaver Island reports Lake Michigan levels below the long-term average, 2011

Also Beaver Island Lake Michigan water levels February 2011

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Date2011-02
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Summary

The February 2011 Beacon reported that Lake Michigan ended 2009 five inches below its long-term average and 2010 nineteen inches below, with early projections placing the next several months in that range.

Evidence limits

This is a brief newspaper comparison, not a complete gauge series, engineering assessment, or independent hydrological forecast.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 2011, "How's the Water?"
    Reports that Lake Michigan levels ended 2009 five inches below the long-term average, ended 2010 nineteen inches below it, and were projected to remain in that range for the following months; it is a brief newspaper comparison, not a gauge series or hydrological forecast record. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the lake-level report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports Lake Michigan levels below the long-term average, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-levels-february-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2011, "How's the Water?" (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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