Name: Beaver Island’s August 2003 weather column forecasts a warmer first half of the month
Start: 2003-08
End: 2003-10
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s August 2003 weather column forecasts a warmer first half of the month

Also Beaver Island’s August 2003 weather column forecasts a warmer first half of the month

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TypeEvent

Dates2003-08 – 2003-10

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2003-08 – 2003-10
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunicationseasonal-lifecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2003 “Weather or Not” column described the summer as mild and forecast warmer conditions in the first half of August, followed by cooler weather and a possible early-October Indian summer.

Evidence limits

This is a conversational forecast, not an official climatological record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “Weather or Not”.
Describes a mild summer and forecasts temperatures into the eighties in early August, followed by cooler conditions and a possible early-October Indian summer. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the August 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s August 2003 weather column forecasts a warmer first half of the month”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-august-2003-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “Weather or Not”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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