Name: Beaver Island’s February 2003 weather column forecasts a late blizzard and mid-winter thaw
Start: 2003-02
End: 2003-02
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s February 2003 weather column forecasts a late blizzard and mid-winter thaw

Also Beaver Island Weather or Not February 2003 · February 2003 winter forecast

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TypeEvent

Date2003-02

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-02
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 2003 weather column described colder conditions and light flurries, predicted some snowy days followed by a mid-winter thaw, and jokingly reserved a week of deep blizzard for April.

Evidence limits

This is a conversational forecast, not a measured weather record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “Weather or Not.”
Forecasts colder weather, occasional snow, a mid-winter thaw, and a possible deep blizzard in April. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the February 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s February 2003 weather column forecasts a late blizzard and mid-winter thaw”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-february-2003-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “Weather or Not.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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