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A Hawaiian hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean and affects the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each year, although as many as fifteen have occurred, such as in the 2015 season; rarely do these storms actually affect Hawaii.
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 ...
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 ...
Hurricane Iniki (/ iː ˈ n iː k iː / ee-NEE-kee; Hawaiian: ʻiniki meaning "strong and piercing wind") was a hurricane that struck the island of Kauaʻi on September 11, 1992. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike Hawaiʻi in recorded history, and the only hurricane to directly affect the state during the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. [1]
A depression in the Pacific strengthened into a tropical storm on Thursday as it continued churning toward the islands of Hawaii. ... named storm of the 2024 central Pacific hurricane season ...
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 ...
Hurricane Hone was a fairly long-lived tropical cyclone that impacted the U.S. state of Hawaii in August 2024. The eighth named storm and third hurricane of the 2024 Pacific hurricane season, Hone was also the first tropical cyclone to form in the North Central Pacific tropical cyclone basin since 2019. [1]
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 ...