Jekyll Island, Georgia Weather
Jekyll Island, Georgia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Jekyll Island, Glynn County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Jekyll Island. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Jekyll Island is published on the St Simons Island Airport (KSSI) page, 11 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Jekyll Island have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Jekyll Island: Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (KBQK) 22 km · St Marys Airport (K4J6) 37 km · Brantley County Airport (K4J1) 49 km · Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport (KFHB) 50 km
Conditions reported at KSSI describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jekyll Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jekyll Island.
About Jekyll Island, Georgia
Jekyll Island unfurls as a whisper of sand and sea, a barrier island where the Atlantic's breath mingles with the marsh's earthy scent. It lies 7.4 miles south-south-east of Brunswick, GA (from Brunswick, GA: bearing 146°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-south-west of St. Simons. Ancient live oaks, draped in Spanish moss like ethereal shawls, create a cathedral of shade over winding roads, their gnarled branches reaching towards a sky often painted in hues of soft apricot and rose at day's end. The landscape itself is a gentle embrace of undulating dunes that give way to broad, sun-drenched beaches, their sands a pale gold that crunches softly underfoot. Along the western edge, the Spartina grass of the salt marshes hums with unseen life, a vibrant green counterpoint to the ocean's endless blue, its shallow waters reflecting the slow procession of clouds. Once a private sanctuary for America's Gilded Age elite, Jekyll Island now opens its arms to all, its storied past echoing in the grand, almost forgotten architecture of the Historic District. The Jekyll Island Club, a landmark of opulent leisure, stands as a silent witness to a time of immense wealth and social maneuvering, a stark contrast to the island's present-day role as a public park and a vital nesting ground for loggerhead sea turtles. Its economy, once powered by the exclusive retreats of industrialists and financiers, now thrives on a blend of tourism and conservation, a delicate balance maintained to preserve the island's natural allure. The air here carries the salty tang of the sea, a constant reminder of its coastal character, and the pace of life feels dictated by the tides and the sun's slow arc across the sky.
Live animated radar for Jekyll Island and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Jekyll Island, Glynn County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.060103°N, 81.421952°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31527 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jekyll Island, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jekyll Island, Georgia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Jekyll Island includes coordinates 31.060103°N, 81.421952°W, situated in Glynn County. ZIP code 31527. Telephone area code: 229. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
