Hawaii

Storms in Hawaii in 2023

268 events in 77 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Hawaii in 2023, 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 2023 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

Open the live radar over Hawaii

The year

Events
268
Deaths
103
Injuries
45
Damage
$5.6 billion
Episodes
77

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 Surf109012$20,000
Drought7000
Strong Wind2000
Flood1700$1,000
Flash Flood1210
Wildfire1110232$5.6 billion
High Wind1000
Volcanic Ashfall500
Winter Weather400
Debris Flow301
Lightning200$2,000
Winter Storm100
Heavy Rain100
Heavy Snow100
Hail100
Tropical Storm100

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

February 2023

March 2023

April 2023

May 2023

June 2023

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August 2023

September 2023

October 2023

November 2023

December 2023

More

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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.