Weather text sensor shows as unknown in template card, but not dev tools?

Hey all, I’m trying to show the value of the entity sensor.exeterw_extended_text_0 in a template card.

Putting {{ states(“sensor.exeterw_extended_text_0”) }} in the dev console returns “Partly cloudy. Light winds.” Using an entity card shows the correct value, too.

Putting {{ states(“sensor.exeterw_extended_text_0”) }} in a template card returns “unknown”… why does it work in dev console, an entity card but not a template card? What am I missing here?