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Some areas experienced wind gusts well over hurricane force, including a low altitude gust of 106 mph (171 km/h) on Lahaina Roads, Maui. Haiku, on the windward coast of Maui, experienced a wind gust of 75 mph (121 km/h). On the high mountain summits of the Big Island and Maui, winds of over 110 mph (180 km/h) were recorded.
Total rainfall accumulations amounted up to 5–11 inches (13–28 cm) across the Big Island. September 2016: Hurricane Lester passed slowly to the northeast of the islands as a category 1 hurricane. Its outer rainbands produced heavy showers and minor flooding over the leeward slopes of the Big Island and portions of east Maui.
When counting also the Köppen sub-categories – notably including the very rare cold-summer mediterranean climate – the island of HawaiĘ»i hosts 10 (out of 14 in total) climate zones. [1] The islands receive most rainfall from the trade winds on their north and east flanks (the windward side) as a result of orographic precipitation .
On its current track, the storm threatens to dump as much as 1 to 2 inches of rain on the islands while rainfall totals on the eastern side of Big Island and Maui could reach 2 to 4 inches ...
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Clay Trauernicht, a fire scientist at the University of Hawaii, said the wet season can spur plants like Guinea grass, a nonnative, invasive species found across parts of Maui, to grow as quickly ...
December 17, 1967: A tornado of unknown intensity touched down in Kauai; tracking for 3 miles (4.8 km), the tornado caused an estimated $250,000 in damages. [12] January 27, 1971: The United States Weather Bureau reported that a tornado likely touched down on Oahu for roughly .5 miles (0.80 km), causing $100,000 in damages. The tornado ...
FILE – U.S. surfer Eli Olsen rides a wave as Hawaiian surfer Jake Maki gets wiped out during The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest on Jan. 22, 2023, at Waimea Bay on the North ...