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Jersey weather

Mainly clear and 15°C in St Helier right now — high of 16°, low 13°, wind SW 12 kt, sea 16°. Rain is likely around 1pm (5% chance).

St Helier · now
Rain starting ~12:15 (in ~15 min)
Gale-force gusts 37kt from 8pm
Today · Thu 22 Oct
Now15°23%12
1pm15°5%12
2pm15°28%13
3pm15°40%12
4pm15°45%13
5pm15°53%15
6pm14°75%17
7pm14°95%18
8pm14°100%19
9pm14°100%22
10pm14°100%24
11pm14°98%27
WindSW 12 ktgusts 25 kt
UV2Low
Sea16°
Sunrise07:40
Sunset18:04
Six models, weighted by what's actually been accurate in Jersey — within 1 °C on 26 of the last 30 days.

14-day outlook

How the forecast is scoringupdated 9 hrs ago

Within 1 °C on 26 of the last 30 days. Every model's day-ahead forecast is checked against what Jersey actually recorded, and the blend weights each model by that recent form — no single model wins every day, and the blend has been beating them all.

Jersey Now blend±0.7°
DWD ICON±0.8°
KNMI Harmonie±0.8°
Météo-France AROME±0.8°
ECMWF IFS±0.9°
UK Met Office UKV±0.9°
DMI Harmonie±1.1°

Average day-ahead temperature error over the last 30 days, weighted toward recent days — shorter bars are better. Models are scored at Jersey Airport, the island's only station publishing machine-readable observations; the forecast you see is pinned to St Helier. Airport scores rank the models fairly, but don't measure town-level accuracy directly.

When will it rain in Jersey?

Rain is likely around 1pm (5% chance). The hourly strip above shows the chance of rain for every hour of the next 14 days — pick a day to see its breakdown. Wet hours are highlighted, and when rain is minutes away a nowcast line appears on the card with the expected start time.

What is the sea temperature in Jersey?

The sea around St Helier is about 16°C today — a modelled nearshore value from Open-Meteo's marine model, so treat it as a guide rather than a thermometer reading. Jersey's water is warmest in late summer — typically peaking in September — and coldest in early spring, and with some of the world's largest tidal ranges the shallows over sand can feel noticeably warmer on a rising afternoon tide.

Which weather forecast is most accurate for Jersey?

No single forecast model wins every day, so Jersey Now blends the six high-resolution models that genuinely resolve the island: Météo-France's 1.5 km AROME, the UK Met Office's 2 km UKV, DWD ICON, ECMWF IFS, and the KNMI and DMI Harmonie models. Each model is verified against real Jersey observations, and the blend weights the models by that recent form — over the last 30 days it was within 1 °C of the recorded temperature on 26 days, ahead of every individual model. Sky conditions are decided by consensus between the models and sanity-checked against measured solar radiation so thin high cloud is never reported as an overcast sky, and the whole forecast is pinned to St Helier town rather than the exposed, elevated airport — which keeps temperatures within about a degree of on-island sensors. You can also switch the forecast card to any individual model.

Forecast data is served by Open-Meteo and refreshed every 15 minutes. For official warnings, the source of record is Jersey Met.

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