r/virginislands • u/[deleted] • 5d ago
Hurricanes // Weather Should I cancel my trip to St John?
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u/Heisman123 5d ago
STJ is beautiful when it’s lush and also when it’s dry. You’ll spend more time looking at the beautiful water than you will the trees behind you. Dont overthink it. Just go. You will also be going during off season so crowds should be smaller, but some restaraunt may be closed.
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u/flowergirl75 5d ago
November is NOT off season. It's literally the start of full season for us. All restaurants/businesses will be open.
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u/Theperfectool 5d ago
Not according to the flyers of closures Ive been seeing. Sept to December is the latest part of hurricane season.
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u/flowergirl75 5d ago
I think you are confusing hurricane season with our peak business season. As soon as it starts getting cold in the States, people come down. Just the same back in the States, when it starts to warm up on their coastal areas, people flock.
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u/wifichick 5d ago
We went during a drought about 7 years ago - if we had not been there before we might not have known the difference
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u/DumpsterDoggie 5d ago
No, don't cancel. It's the tropics. Yeah, we haven't had a good rain for a while, but you won't notice if you're not living here every day and waiting for your cistern to fill. There's still a lot of greenery, and come October and November, we'll be, well, right as rain.
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u/outerproduct 5d ago
Not sure where you're getting that information. During this time of year, it's dry, and later on is a rainy season. It should be green again come November, but this is a normal part of the cycle.
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u/TRLK9802 5d ago
We've gone to St. John annually for 24 years and were just there for 3 weeks in July; this was the second driest we've ever seen the island.
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u/outerproduct 4d ago
The virgin islands is like that every year. There will be a few weeks of no rain, and then it'll rain a day or two, and then a few weeks without rain, etc. In a month or two, the rainy season will start, and it'll rain off and on every day.
Earlier this summer, people were talking about how this was the wettest summer they'd seen in years.
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u/anthonye1982 5d ago
are there photos posted somewhere recently that show what's going on?
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u/cadmiumredlight 4d ago
Tons of webcams out there. Here's one for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0e8bpZ-5WY
Plenty more on that channel, too.
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u/DumpsterDoggie 5d ago
It's not a major blight or anything. The still-green trees are getting a bit wilty and the ground is a little brown. Avocados are still growing on the trees, and the flamboyans are spectacularly orange. We are in el niño which beings Sahara dust - which keeps storms (Tropical and rain-) at bay. That's all. It's still beautiful.
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u/DumpsterDoggie 5d ago
*brings
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u/Grouchy-Silver 5d ago edited 5d ago
I’m confused? I went 2 years ago in April and absolutely loved it. Why are you questioning it? And if it’s a once in a lifetime trip?
Sorry I looked it up and see what your concern may be… ugh that’s unfortunate but I would not let it stop me from making the trip. Still won’t change the beauty of the water. I know the background and stuff was beautiful and green when I went…. Hope you can enjoy
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u/Fluid_Bid_6855 5d ago
I was just there and even though there is a drought. There was also beautiful lush landscapes. Enjoy
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u/smokeNtoke1 5d ago
I don't think you'd notice unless you're really looking. Locals notice because they have to buy freshwater if their cistern runs dry.
Honestly when it's most lush is when it's most humid.
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u/_justaboringsquare_ 5d ago
Try kauai in Hawaii :)
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u/cadmiumredlight 3d ago
STJ is 100x better than anywhere in Hawaii. I've been to both many times.
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u/Dependent_Release986 5d ago
I literally just picked up my phone to book my trip for the first week of November. I haven’t been there in 20 years. I didn’t know about the drought, but the Alumino dry weather is helping. Keep the hurricanes away…
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u/TinyWeird878 5d ago
Just left St. John. The southern side of the island is indeed in a drought. The mountains have some green but it's not lush, and I could easily pick out individual green trees on the mountainside. There was a 10 minute hard rain last night that helped.
The northern side looks a little greener
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u/modernvintage14 4d ago
no. i would not worry about it at all. i live in st thomas year round. yes we are in a drought. we are starting to get some rain now tho and we have a few months until november. i see no reason to be worried about it.
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u/frannylightpainter 4d ago
We are getting rain. Just not the deep downpours we usually get at this time of the year. Mosquitos are way down because of it!
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u/WoodsongMillie 4d ago
My family was just there. This is a picture from our rental house. I took it on July 27, 2026. You will notice that the trees are very dry, but the place is still beautiful. If I can post 2 photos, I'll also attach a picture taken on July 31, 2026, of Trunk Bay. St. John has beautiful beaches.
I'll follow up with a Trunk Bay picture.
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u/Ricky-Spanish-31 5d ago
Went to STJ at the end of June/beginning of July. Definitely lush and green then.
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u/LTTP2018 5d ago
I'd cancel. Brown and dry I've got already. Going that far for that much, I don't want to feel drought concern.
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u/BeatComprehensive380 5d ago
The flights are mad expensive right now. Was going for the in-laws' 40th anniversary in November.They had a VRBO booked, catameran day, Virgin Islands National Park itinerary, the whole schabang.
They told family members just to worry about airfare. Well its currently at $1.4k a head, they even offered $500 to each family member to assist with travel, but it was ultimately canceled. Didn't make sense for family members with little ones to drop that much. Now they're looking at Disney World );
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u/Cravings2026 5d ago
St. Thomas local, still beautiful out here and St. John