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Beaver Island weather report for November 1971

Also Beaver Island November 1971 weather report

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TypeEvent
Dates1971-11-01 – 1971-11-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1971-11-01 – 1971-11-30
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 January 1972 Beaver Beacon records November temperatures and precipitation and notes that the harbor was still largely open and free of ice unusually late in the season.

Evidence and limits

The report preserves the monthly observations but does not identify the observation station or instruments.

Sources

  1. Reports November temperatures, precipitation, and the unusually late open harbor; it does not identify the observation station or instruments.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for November 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-november-weather-report-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1972, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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