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Beaver Island weather observations for January through April, 1982

Also Beaver Island Weather January February 1982

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TypeEvent
Dates1982-01 – 1982-03
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
Dates
1982-01 – 1982-03
Kind
Weather
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
weatherenvironmentcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Beacon published Michigan Department of Natural Resources weather tables for Beaver Island covering January through April 1982, including recorded extremes, averages, precipitation, and snowfall.

Evidence limits

The tables do not identify the exact observing site, instruments, or quality control method.

Sources

  1. Reports January high and low temperatures of 33 and -15 degrees, 2.95 inches of precipitation, and 28.5 inches of snow; February high and low temperatures of 37 and -11 degrees, .15 inches of precipitation, and 1.0 inch of snow. These are published weather tables, not a complete official station dataset. 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 · 1982-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page combined February and March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the weather tables.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports a March high of 55 degrees, low of -13, 2.03 inches of precipitation, and 7.0 inches of snow, with cumulative snowfall figures. These are published weather tables, not a complete official station dataset. 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 · 1982-04_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held sixteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the March weather table.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-04_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Reports an April high of 69 degrees, low of 7, 2.57 inches of precipitation, and 3.0 inches of snow, with 47 inches of snowfall since November 1981. These are published weather tables, not a complete official station dataset. 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 · 1982-05_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held twelve-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the April weather table.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island weather observations for January through April, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-january-february-1982/, accessed [date], citing Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Beaver Island Weather Report, Beaver Beacon, February and March 1982. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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