Beaver Island October weather report, 1968

Also October 1968 Beaver Island weather report

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TypeEvent

Datecirca 1968-10

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: circa 1968-10
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1968 Beaver Beacon printed Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s October weather report. The average daytime temperature was 59 degrees, the average nighttime temperature was 46.3 degrees, and rainfall totaled 2.51 inches.

Evidence and limits

These figures are preserved as the newspaper’s local report. The issue does not identify an instrument, observation site, or official weather series.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1968, “Weather.”
Reports October temperatures, rainfall, fog, hail, and overcast conditions; it is a local newspaper report rather than an official weather-station dataset.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published weather report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island October weather report, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-weather-report-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1968, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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