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About Our
Weather Center
Thanks to a gift from
the family of Leonard
and Esther Lahti, Baraga
County has a modern new
computerized weather
station. Located in the
Public Library at the
High School in L'Anse,
it is dedicated to the
memory of Esther and
Leonard. They had been
faithful longtime
patrons and friends and
librarian Bill Bennett
suggested that the gift
be used to install a
weather station in
memory of the "Weather
Lady," Esther Lahti. The
library advisory board
gave their enthusiastic
support and approval.
Esther Lahti was the
beloved "Weather Lady"
of the hilltop community
of Herman in Baraga
County, who phone in her
daily weather reports.
Her fame spread
throughout the Midwest
during the heavy snow in
the 1970's. The little
hilltop community of
Herman was the center of
attention as its
snowfall total inched
toward the magic number
of 300 inches for the
season.
The
weather station at
Herman was established
in the early 1960's
through the efforts of
Dr. Eric Bourdo, then
Director of the Michigan
Tech Ford Forestry
Center at Alberta.
Climate data provided a
base of reference for
studies of forest growth
at the research center.
An additional benefit
provided snow
accumulation records for
the Baraga County Road
Commission.
Leonard and Esther Lahti
were farmers on land
cleared from the dense
forests by Finnish
Immigrants sometime
around the turn of the
century. Esther also
worked for many years at
the Baraga County
Memorial Hospital where
her pleasant personality
and smiling face were
known to all and still
fondly remembered.
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