Drought in Hawaii, April 30, 2019

Name: Drought in Hawaii, April 30, 2019
Start: 2019-04-30T02:00
End: 2019-04-30T23:59
Location: Hawaii

April 30, 2019 · NWS HFO · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Dry conditions worsened over parts of Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii during April. Small parts of each isle reached the D2 level of severe drought, according to the Drought Monitor.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

Dry conditions worsened over parts of Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii during April. Small parts of each isle reached the D2 level of severe drought, according to the Drought Monitor.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 8:47 PM HST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 8:47 PM HST, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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Event by event

2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Leeward Haleakala

When: April 30, 2:00 AM HST to 11:59 PM HST
Where: Leeward Haleakala forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Drought, South Big Island

When: April 30, 2:00 AM HST to 11:59 PM HST
Where: South Big Island forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Hawaii in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, April 2019

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 811883, 811884.