- Dates
- 1973-08 – 1973-09
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner (reporter)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Fire Officer Bill Wagner’s September–October 1973 Beaver Beacon report gives monthly Beaver Island weather for August and September. August’s high was 86°F on August 29, low 47°F on August 24, and rainfall 4.78 inches. September’s high was 86°F on September 1–3, low 38°F on September 17, and rainfall 1.77 inches; the report also records six thunderstorms and two storms with high damaging winds.
Evidence and limits
This is a community newspaper report, not a calibrated long-term climate series or independent weather-station archive.
Sources
- Fire Officer Bill Wagner reports August and September temperatures, rainfall, thunderstorms, and damaging winds. August rainfall was 4.78 inches; September rainfall was 1.77 inches. The report is not a long-term climate series.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the combined September–October publication; it does not expand the published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather report for August and September, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-august-september-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September–October 1973, “Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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