Hawaii

Storms in Hawaii in 2003

308 events in 137 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Hawaii in 2003, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Hawaii in 2003 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
308
Deaths
3
Injuries
9
Damage
$1.2 million
Episodes
137

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Surf17314
Heavy Rain4900
High Wind3800
Wildfire2705$1.2 million
Flash Flood720
Winter Storm600
Funnel Cloud300
Lightning300
Thunderstorm Wind100
Tornado100

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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June 2003

July 2003

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September 2003

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November 2003

December 2003

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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.