High Wind, Kauai Mountains
- When
- March 25, 5:30 PM HST to March 28, 2:00 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, March 25 to 28, 1996
Southwest winds of 50 to 65 mph occurred over the summits and upper slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa for about 48 hours, with a top wind speed of 69 mph recorded at the United Kingdom Observatory on the morning of the 27th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
Southwest winds of 50 to 65 mph occurred over the summits and upper slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa for about 48 hours, with a top wind speed of 69 mph recorded at the United Kingdom Observatory on the morning of the 27th.
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
- High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Michigan, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, March 25, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, March 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, March 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: 5572965.