Jersey Met confirms the sun WILL rise in February

Monday 30 January 2023

Jersey's Met Office has put pay to islanders' fears of perpetual darkness in the month of February.

While browsing the Jersey Met Office website, one astute islander noticed something extremely concerning:

@BBCJersey @ITVChannelTV @Channel103 @JEPnews @bailiwickxpress Did you know that according to the @GovJersey website, the sun will neither rise nor set in Jersey or Guernsey during the month of February?! Do they know something we lesser mortals don't?!!????https://t.co/J2UlEno4DD

— Jill Bartholomew (@BartholomewJill) January 30, 2023

Unfortunately, it seemed the rumours were in fact true - a search of the website showed no sunrises for February whatsoever:

And Jersey wasn't the only Channel Island apparently fated to endure an Arctic winter...

Things were not looking good for Guernsey either:

Not a man to be dissuaded from his duties by the promise of endless darkness, Deputy Sam Mézec still found time for some political commentary: 

Yes, there will be no sunrises or sunsets in February. Instead the Island will be covered in an eerie haze for the month. This is part of a consultant’s trial to investigate whether the whole system should continue or not. This has been secured at a bargain rate of £7m.

— Deputy Sam Mézec (@SamMezecJsy) January 30, 2023

Luckily for the sanity of islanders, Paul Aked, Manager of the Government of Jersey's Meteorological Department, assured Express that this was merely a technical error, which will be corrected in due course.

"I can confirm that the sun will rise in February," he said.

Phew.