High Wind, Island of Hawaii
- When
- January 28, 2:00 PM HST to 8:00 PM HST
- Where
- Island of Hawaii forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, January 28, 1997
Winds estimated at 60 mph blew several trees down in the Puna District.
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 estimated at 60 mph blew several trees down in the Puna District.
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
- Cold in Illinois, January 28, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 28, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 28, 1997
- High Wind in Massachusetts, January 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 28, 1997
- Hail in Mississippi, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 28, 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: 5626800.