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Beaver Island reports an unusually light winter snowfall, 1958

Also 1958 Beaver Island light-snow winter

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TypeEvent
Date1958-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1958-03
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
weathercommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1958 Beaver Beacon reported that Beaver Island had the lightest snowfall on record for that winter, despite heavier snow elsewhere.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper weather observation, not a measurement series or station record. The issue gives no totals, comparison period, or meteorological log.

Sources

  1. Reports that snow fell heavily elsewhere but that Beaver Island had the lightest snowfall on record for that winter. It does not provide measurements, a station log, comparison period, or meteorological record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the light-snow observation; it does not expand the weather record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports an unusually light winter snowfall, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-record-light-snow-winter-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1958, “RECORD SNOW FALLS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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