12th January 1987
Jersey is hit by extreme weather
January 12th is notable as a day of extreme weather in Jersey. Although not the date on which the coldest ever temperature was recorded across the island, locals did experience the lowest daytime temperature on that day, at -6.1° Celsius (21° Fahrenheit). Ten years later, the same date in 1997 marked the end of 10 days without any sunshine, which is remarkable as Jersey regularly sets sunshine records, with an average of 2.3 hours of sunshine every day in January, or more than 71 hours in total over the course of the month.
Snow closes the airport
In 1979, 12 January saw Jersey clearing up after a ferocious storm. Jersey Airport had been closed by snow for the first time in more than 15 years the previous week when 60 mile an hour winds swept through in a series of blizzards.
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Other events that occured in January
Fire almost destroys Fort Regent
- Fort Regent was almost destroyed by fire after an oil lamp was knocked over and the paraffin it contained ignited a wooden floor.
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Jersey is hit by extreme weather
- January 12 is notable for being a date on which Jersey has been struck by extreme weather conditions over several years.
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Lost GoPro is returned to its Jersey owner
- A lost GoPro camera made its way from Australia to Jersey when its owner was identified.
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Final coins are removed from the Celtic hoard
- It took five years to remove the coins from Jersey's Celtic hoard, but that was quick compared to the 30 years it had taken to find them.
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