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A snow-covered Beaumont Marsh in the 19th century
Jersey proudly lays claim to being Britain's sunniest and warmest place. Given it's location well to the south of the rest of the British Isles, that probably comes as no surprise, but the island is occasionally exposed to the extremes of weather that Nature can come up with, as these pictures testify.
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Not exactly weather, but we did not know which page to put this fascinating picture on within our existing site structure. It shows a sequence of photographs of the 1905 solar eclipse, taken in Jersey
Probably the earliest surviving photograph of snow in Jersey - taken by Victor Hugo or his son at their home at Greve d'Azette in about 1853
Another picture of the same snowfall
Petit Port during storm 'Ciara' in February 2020
A snow-covered St Brelade's Bay in January 1979
1906 drought leaves Millbrook Reservoir virtually empty
Snow carpets Vallee des Vaux in 1903
Skating at Beaumont in 1940
Skating at Beaumont in 1940
Flood water at West Park in a 1962 storm
Snow is rare at L'Etacq which is warmed by the Gulf Stream and can have rain when higher and more easterly areas of the island are under snow
Fun in Parade Gardens in 1962
Skating on Beaumont Marsh in 1891
A heavy snowfall at Mont à l'Abbé
A snow-covered Town Church
Jersey was caught by the tail end of a hurricane in 1987, and the strength of the wind and unusualy southerly direction caused widespread damage to trees and properties
The aftermath of the 1987 storm
Ice on the water's edge at La Haule in 1963
Strolling along the frozen water's edge at La Haule in 1963
Flooding at the bottom of the street on a high tide in stormy weather on 11 January 1962
Heavy snowfall at St Lawrence Church
Snow at Hamptonne, St Lawrence
Snow in the Parade gardens
Snow at Grouville - picture by Giles Bois
Skating at Beaumont in 1940
Snow in St Aubin's Bay, picture by Giles Bois
Snow at Grouville - picture by Giles Bois
Clearing snow from the Airport forecourt in 1962
Cutting up fallen trees in the Parade after a storm
The summer of 1977 was nowhere near as hot as the previous year, but there were still plenty of opportunities to soak up the sun - picture Jersey Evening Post
Flooding at St Aubin in 1983- Picture by Jersey Evening Post
Snow covers West Park in 1963... This picture probably taken by an Evening Post photographer, shows Peter Judge and his sister ...
... and Waterworks Valley
Storm damage to the Esplanade seawall in 2008
Government House sentries
Snow falls in King Street in 1956
Rought seas batter the Esplanade
Snow in 1968 - a Jersey Evening Post photograph
St Brelade's School playground covered in snow - date unknown
Fallen trees block Don Road after the great storm of 1987
St Lawrence after a heavy snowfall
Howard Davis Park in 1958
Le Coin, St Lawrence in 1958
People's Park covered in snow
November snow in 1980, the earliest recorded snow of any winter
The bed of St Aubin's Harbour frozen in 1963
St Ouen's Parish Hall, 1962
Victoria College in the snow in 1963
Snow covered Waverley Terrace in 1961
Snow in St Peter's Valley in 1976
Victoria Avenue flooded at high tide on a stormy day in January 1962
Godfray's Stores at St Peter in December 1964
Snow at Beaumont in 1979 ...
... driven by strong winds
Postmen in the snow in 2013
Hurricane damage at La Rocque in 1976
Snow in Aquila Road in 1973
A train passes across a snow-covered St Aubin's Bay
Flash flooding at Longueville - date unknown
Snow at Les Quennevais in 1979
Clearing snow from the Jersey Eastern Railway track at Pontorson Lane halt. Year unknown
Waverley Terrace, St Saviour's Road, in the snow
Flooding at St Clement in the 1950s
The pump on St Aubin's Hill froze in 1939
Ice on the St Aubin harbour bed in 1963
A 20th century storm shatters the seawall on Victoria Avenue, not for the first or the last time
Snow covers St Saviour's Road gardens on 12 February 1929
Maupertuis Lane covered in snow in the 1960s
A snow-covered St Lawrence lane
Snow covers the Weighbridge in the late 1970s or early '80s
Waves breaking over the seawall along the Esplanade. This picture could have been taken in any winter in the last 150 years
Snow at Havre des Pas in the 1990s
St Ouen's Pond frozen in 1963
Snow covers the north coast at Giffard Bay
1976 heatwave
The summer of 1976 was one of the longest and hottest on record. These pictures were taken around the island beaches by Jersey Evening Post photographers during the heatwave
One result of the heatwave and accompanying drought was empty reservoirs
Spring bank holiday 1977
Jersey Evening Post photographs of spring bank holiday in 1977
1978 - two years after the long, hot summer, snow carpeted the island - Pictures by Jersey Evening Post
2013 - One of the heaviest snowfalls Jersey has experienced was in March 2013, when strong winds created deep drifts after snow fell for several hours
1917 big freeze
It takes an extraordinary spell of cold weather for the edge of the sea to freeze in Jersey, leaving behind a blanket of ice which grows thicker at subsequent high waters. This set of photographs dates from 1917. They are part of the Ken and Kathleen Le Sueur Collection, which is held at Jersey Archive