diff --git a/tests/test_weather_context.py b/tests/test_weather_context.py
index 87fd0986..7c3517db 100644
--- a/tests/test_weather_context.py
+++ b/tests/test_weather_context.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import base64
+import logging
 from typing import TypeGuard
 
 import httpx
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
     OpenMeteoProvider,
     QWeatherJWTAuthenticator,
     QWeatherProvider,
+    UnsupportedForecastDateError,
     WeatherContextError,
     _format_qweather_day,
     _format_qweather_lifestyle,
@@ -834,6 +836,56 @@ async def fetch(self, latitude: float, longitude: float) -> WeatherContextSnapsh
     assert "sensitive upstream detail" not in caplog.text
 
 
+async def test_logged_provider_logs_unsupported_forecast_date_as_skip(caplog) -> None:
+    class UndatedProvider:
+        async def fetch(self, latitude: float, longitude: float) -> WeatherContextSnapshot:
+            raise AssertionError("Dated requests must not call the current-weather method")  # pragma: no cover
+
+    provider = LoggedWeatherContextProvider("nea-sg", UndatedProvider())
+
+    with (
+        caplog.at_level("INFO", logger="weather_briefing.weather_context"),
+        pytest.raises(UnsupportedForecastDateError, match="does not support target forecast dates"),
+    ):
+        await provider.fetch(1, 2, forecast_date=pendulum.date(2026, 7, 21))
+
+    assert "Weather API call skipped provider=nea-sg" in caplog.text
+    assert "forecast_date=2026-07-21" in caplog.text
+    assert "reason=unsupported-forecast-date" in caplog.text
+    assert "Weather API call failed provider=nea-sg" not in caplog.text
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("secondary_failure", ("elapsed", "logger"))
+async def test_logged_provider_preserves_unsupported_date_when_skip_logging_fails(
+    monkeypatch,
+    secondary_failure: str,
+) -> None:
+    class UndatedProvider:
+        async def fetch(self, latitude: float, longitude: float) -> WeatherContextSnapshot:
+            raise AssertionError("Dated requests must not call the current-weather method")  # pragma: no cover
+
+    if secondary_failure == "elapsed":
+
+        def fail_elapsed(started_at: float) -> int:
+            raise RuntimeError("secondary failure")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr("weather_briefing.weather_context._elapsed_milliseconds", fail_elapsed)
+    else:
+        original_info = logging.getLogger("weather_briefing.weather_context").info
+
+        def fail_skip_log(message: str, *args: object) -> None:
+            if "skipped" in message:
+                raise RuntimeError("secondary failure")
+            original_info(message, *args)
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr("weather_briefing.weather_context._LOGGER.info", fail_skip_log)
+
+    provider = LoggedWeatherContextProvider("nea-sg", UndatedProvider())
+
+    with pytest.raises(UnsupportedForecastDateError, match="does not support target forecast dates"):
+        await provider.fetch(1, 2, forecast_date=pendulum.date(2026, 7, 21))
+
+
 async def test_missing_weather_air_quality_requires_optional_aqicn_configuration() -> None:
     snapshot = WeatherContextSnapshot(
         source_id="weather:test",
diff --git a/weather_briefing/weather_context.py b/weather_briefing/weather_context.py
index cb2bdd13..ff87b305 100644
--- a/weather_briefing/weather_context.py
+++ b/weather_briefing/weather_context.py
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ class WeatherContextError(RuntimeError):
     """Raised when a weather source is unavailable or violates its contract."""
 
 
+class UnsupportedForecastDateError(WeatherContextError):
+    """Raised when a provider cannot fetch an explicit forecast date."""
+
+
 class _QWeatherResponseError(ValueError):
     """Raised for safe, code-defined QWeather response contract errors."""
 
@@ -179,6 +183,16 @@ async def fetch(
         _LOGGER.info("Weather API call started provider=%s", self._name)
         try:
             snapshot = await fetch_weather_context(self._provider, latitude, longitude, forecast_date)
+        except UnsupportedForecastDateError:
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                _LOGGER.info(
+                    "Weather API call skipped provider=%s duration_ms=%d forecast_date=%s "
+                    "reason=unsupported-forecast-date",
+                    self._name,
+                    _elapsed_milliseconds(started_at),
+                    forecast_date,
+                )
+            raise
         except WeatherContextError as exc:
             _LOGGER.warning(
                 "Weather API call failed provider=%s duration_ms=%d reason=%s",
@@ -785,10 +799,10 @@ async def fetch_weather_context(
     if forecast_date is None:
         return await provider.fetch(latitude, longitude)
     if not isinstance(provider, DatedWeatherContextProvider):
-        raise WeatherContextError(f"{type(provider).__name__} does not support target forecast dates")
+        raise UnsupportedForecastDateError(f"{type(provider).__name__} does not support target forecast dates")
     fetch_for_date = provider.fetch_for_date
     if not callable(fetch_for_date):
-        raise WeatherContextError(f"{type(provider).__name__} does not support target forecast dates")
+        raise UnsupportedForecastDateError(f"{type(provider).__name__} does not support target forecast dates")
     return await fetch_for_date(latitude, longitude, forecast_date)