High Wind, Kauai Mountains
- When
- February 18, 12:00 AM HST to February 23, 11:00 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, February 18 to 23, 1996
Winds of 60 mph with gusts to 100 mph were recorded at the summit of Mauna Kea. At sea level, prolonged gales over adjacent coastal waters and channels kept barges with food supplies from leaving their home ports.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Winds of 60 mph with gusts to 100 mph were recorded at the summit of Mauna Kea. At sea level, prolonged gales over adjacent coastal waters and channels kept barges with food supplies from leaving their home ports. Supplies of some food staples were critically low on Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and west Hawaii.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1996
- Flood in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 1996
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566031.