- Dates
- 1972-03-01 – 1972-03-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s weather report in the April 1972 Beaver Beacon records March temperatures, snowfall, and precipitation on Beaver Island. The report gives a March high of 42 degrees, a low of -20 degrees, 21 inches of snow during the month, and 80 inches since November 1.
Evidence and limits
These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s monthly summary. The issue does not identify an official observation station, instrument, or surviving weather log.
Sources
- Reports Bill Wagner's March observations, including a high of 42 degrees, a low of -20 degrees, average high and low temperatures of 30.9 and -12.5 degrees, 21 inches of snowfall during the month, 80 inches since November 1, and 3.48 inches of precipitation since January 1; it does not identify an official observation station or surviving weather log.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published monthly weather report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for March 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-weather-report-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1972, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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