Hawaii, 2024Drought in Hawaii, November 5 to 13, 2024
November 5 to 13, 2024 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Below average rainfall led to severe to extreme drought conditions over the western portions of Molokai.
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- 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.
Below average rainfall led to severe to extreme drought conditions over the western portions of Molokai.
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 Nov 4, 8:44 PM HST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 8:44 PM HST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 4, 10:03 PM HST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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- When
- November 5, 12:00 AM HST to November 13, 12:00 AM HST
- Where
- Molokai West forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 21.027, -156.788 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
During the week of November 5th through November 12th, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and condition reports supported going from a D2 to a D3 extreme drought on the southwest side of Molokai.
- 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.
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 5, 20243 injured · $250,000 · EF1 · 3 events
- Tornado in Iowa, November 5, 2024$120,000 · EF0 · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 5 to 9, 202451 events
- Strong Wind in Arkansas, November 5, 2024$25,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, November 5 to 9, 202412 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, November 5 to 6, 202411 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 5 to 7, 20249 events
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, November 5 to 8, 2024$6,000 · 6 events
- Drought in Pennsylvania, November 5 to 30, 20245 events
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 5 to 9, 2024$1,000 · 3 events
- Drought in Alabama, November 5 to 30, 20242 events
- Drought and Astronomical Low Tide in Tennessee, November 5 to 30, 20242 events
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: 1225044.