Name: Beaver Island’s March 2003 weather column records a low-snow January and cold, snowy February
Start: 2003-01
End: 2003-03
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s March 2003 weather column records a low-snow January and cold, snowy February

Also Beaver Island Weather or Not March 2003 · January February 2003 weather report

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TypeEvent

Dates2003-01 – 2003-03

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2003-01 – 2003-03
Kind: Weather
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: weathercommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 2003 weather report described January as unusually sunny and nearly snowless, with a recorded low of 0.2 degrees and high of 40, followed by a cold and snowy February with many sunny days and a 6.7-degree reading on February 17.

Evidence limits

These are a personal weather-station report and newspaper commentary, not a complete official climatological dataset.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “Weather or Not.”
Reports January sunshine, a 0.2-degree low, a 40-degree high, fifteen February sunshine days, a 6.7-degree reading, and deep snow and cold. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the March 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s March 2003 weather column records a low-snow January and cold, snowy February”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-march-2003-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “Weather or Not.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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