High Wind, Island of Hawaii
- When
- May 21, 5:30 PM HST to May 25, 6:00 AM HST
- Where
- Island of Hawaii forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, May 21 to 25, 1997
A mid level trough and the subtropical jet stream brought southwest winds of 60 to 80 mph to the summits and upper slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.
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.
A mid level trough and the subtropical jet stream brought southwest winds of 60 to 80 mph to the summits and upper slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 21 to 31, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, May 21 to 27, 1997
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 21, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Flood in Washington, May 21 to 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 21, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 21, 1997
- Flood in Mississippi, May 21, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 21 to 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, May 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: 5626035.