High Wind, Island of Hawaii
- When
- March 6, 10:00 AM HST to March 7, 2:00 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, March 6 to 7, 1997
Strong trade winds accelerating downslope from the Kohala Mountains, the Mauna Kea slopes and the saddle in between, frequently gusted from 50 to 60 mph across the South Kohala 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.
Strong trade winds accelerating downslope from the Kohala Mountains, the Mauna Kea slopes and the saddle in between, frequently gusted from 50 to 60 mph across the South Kohala 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
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1997
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Virginia, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, March 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: 5626846.