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Beaver Island’s September 2001 weather report records rain, muted fall color, and temperatures from 41°F to 79°F

Also Betty Welke September 2001 weather report · Beaver Island September weather 2001

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TypeEvent
Date2001-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2001-09
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Weather
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Beaver Island
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Beaver Island

Summary

Betty Welke’s November 2001 column described September as unusually rainy and said some Islanders believed the rain diminished fall color. It recorded a 79°F high on September 8 and a 41°F low on September 25, and linked the weather to delays in village-road paving and beautification.

Evidence limits

This is a local newspaper summary, not a complete daily log or calibrated meteorological series.

Sources

  1. Reports a rainy September, complaints that rain spoiled fall color, a high of 79°F on September 8, a low of 41°F on September 25, and weather-related slowing of village-road paving and beautification. 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 · 2001-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the September weather column.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s September 2001 weather report records rain, muted fall color, and temperatures from 41°F to 79°F”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-september-2001-report/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2001, “Weather do Welke.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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