Name: Beaver Island’s April 2003 weather column predicts spring warmth and less snow
Start: 2003-04
End: 2003-04
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s April 2003 weather column predicts spring warmth and less snow

Also Beaver Island Weather or Not April 2003 · April 2003 spring forecast

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TypeEvent

Date2003-04

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-04
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 2003 weather column predicted increasing daylight, warmer temperatures, less snow, and cheaper oil as spring arrived on Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

This is a humorous conversational forecast, not an instrumental weather record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Weather or Not.”
Predicts increasing daylight, warmer temperatures, less snow, and cheaper oil, while acknowledging that only three of the four predictions may come true. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the April 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s April 2003 weather column predicts spring warmth and less snow”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-april-2003-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Weather or Not.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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