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The islands of Hawaii, with Kauai as the notable exception, appear to be remarkably immune from direct hurricane hits. The USGS states that "more commonly, near-misses that generate large swell and moderately high winds causing varying degrees of damage are the hallmark of hurricanes passing close to the islands."
The hurricane season in the Hawaiian Islands is roughly from June through November, when hurricanes and tropical storms are most probable in the North Pacific. These storms tend to originate off the coast of Mexico (particularly the Baja California peninsula) and track west or northwest towards the islands. As storms cross the Pacific, they ...
The most active hurricane season for Hawaii was 2015, when 12 tropical systems came within 300 nautical miles of the islands, but not all caused winds, rain, or even waves in Hawaii.
This is a list of census-designated places in Hawaii. There are no separately incorporated cities in the entire state; Honolulu County is both a city and county. There are 151 census-designated places.
May 22—1/1 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY NOAA In 2020, Hurricane Douglas came uncomfortably close to Oahu, missing the island by about 30 miles in the closest hurricane approach to the ...
Hurricane Iselle was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the island of Hawaii in recorded history. The tenth named storm, fifth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the 2014 hurricane season, Iselle developed from an area of disturbed weather southwest of Mexico on July 31, 2014. Assuming a west-northwest course that it would ...
May 21—1/1 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-WEST Satellite image of the Hawaiian Islands today. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center today predicted a below-normal ...
A theoretical forecast map of a hypothetical Category 4 hurricane inbound for the island of Oahu published by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.. Makani Pahili (alternatively Makani Pāhili, Hawaiian for strong wind) [1] is an annual disaster preparedness exercise for tropical cyclones [2] organized between the United States Armed Forces and Hawaiian civil agencies that occurs near the ...