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Beaver Island’s October 1962 weather is summarized in the Beacon

Also Beaver Island October 1962 weather analysis

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TypeEvent
Date1962-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1962-10
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Weather
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Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1962 Beaver Beacon summarizes October weather from Vernon Fitzpatrick. It reports a 77-degree high, a 26-degree low, average daytime and nighttime temperatures of 54 and 42 degrees, and 1.47 inches of rain over 14 days, with snow flurries on October 24 and 26.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper-reported monthly figures and observations, not an independent station dataset.

Sources

  1. Reports an October high of 77 degrees, low of 26 degrees, average daytime and nighttime temperatures of 54 and 42 degrees, 1.47 inches of rain over 14 days, and snow flurries on October 24 and 26.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published weather analysis; it does not provide an independent instrument record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s October 1962 weather is summarized in the Beacon”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-1962-weather-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1962, “Weather Analysis.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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