Hawaii

Storms in Hawaii in 1996

180 events in 130 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Hawaii in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Hawaii in 1996 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
180
Deaths
3
Injuries
10
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
130

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Surf5834$380,000
Flood4800
High Wind3306$1.3 million
Flash Flood1000$2.1 million
Waterspout900
Funnel Cloud800
Thunderstorm Wind700$74,000
Lightning300$10,000
Drought200
Heavy Snow100
Heavy Rain100$15 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1996

February 1996

March 1996

April 1996

May 1996

June 1996

July 1996

August 1996

September 1996

October 1996

November 1996

December 1996

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.