- Dates
- 2003-02 – 2003-04
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- hydrologyweatherenvironmenttransportation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2003 Beacon reported that Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes were below the previous year’s levels and that the Corps of Engineers expected the summer peak to range from two inches below to six inches above the 2001 mark. Dry soils, evaporation, and El Niño conditions were presented as reasons for concern about record-low water.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporaneous forecast and explanatory article, not a hydrological measurement series or confirmed record outcome.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Where’s the Water?.”Reports low winter Great Lakes levels, the 1964 Lake Michigan record low, dry soils, evaporation, El Niño, and a forecast ranging from two inches below to six inches above the 2001 summer mark. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the April 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Low Lake Michigan levels raise concern about a possible record-low summer in 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-michigan-low-water-forecast-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Where’s the Water?.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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