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Beaver Island May 1965 weather report

Also May 1965 Beaver Island weather

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TypeEvent
Dates1965-05-01 – 1965-05-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1965-05-01 – 1965-05-31
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s June 1965 Beaver Beacon report records May as rainy and foggy. It gives a high temperature of 78 degrees on May 26, a low of 29 on May 2 and 6, average daytime and nighttime temperatures of 60.5 and 40 degrees, and total rainfall of 5.56 inches.

Evidence and limits

This is a local newspaper weather report. It does not identify an instrument location, observation schedule, or official weather-station record.

Sources

  1. Bill Wagner’s local report records May fog on eight listed dates, a high of 78 degrees on May 26, a low of 29 on May 2 and 6, average daytime and nighttime temperatures of 60.5 and 40 degrees, 5.56 inches of rain, and the monthly temperature-day counts. It is not an official weather-station log.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island May 1965 weather report”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-weather-report-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1965, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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