High Wind, Lanai
- When
- January 21, 6:15 PM HST to 9:15 PM HST
- Where
- Lanai forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, January 21, 1997
Southwest winds of 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph occurred ahead of a rapidly moving cold front along the north and east sides of terrain.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 3
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 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph occurred ahead of a rapidly moving cold front along the north and east sides of terrain.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Maui
- When
- January 21, 6:15 PM HST to 9:15 PM HST
- Where
- Maui forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Molokai
- When
- January 21, 6:15 PM HST to 9:15 PM HST
- Where
- Molokai forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 21 to 22, 1997
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, January 21, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, January 21 to 22, 1997
- High Wind in Colorado, January 21, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 21 to 22, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 1997
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 21 to 22, 1997
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 21, 1997
- Flooding in Illinois, January 21 to 31, 1997
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, January 1997
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: 5626795, 5626796, 5626797.