Hail in Hawaii
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Hawaii, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail episodes in Hawaii.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 22
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Hawaii, March 8 to 9, 2012A cold front and an upper-level low combined to generate severe weather across much of the Aloha State. Significant weather included thunderstorms, flash flooding, record-setting hail, and a tornado.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Hawaii, March 2 to 6, 2012An upper trough in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands brought heavy rain and flash flooding to Kauai and Oahu. There were no reports of serious injuries. The cost of damages was not available.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Hawaii, December 29 to 31, 2013Heavy rain and thunderstorms affected much of the Big Island of Hawaii at the end of December. Flash flooding occurred, along with falling hail and possibly a microburst from a thunderstorm. There were no reports of serious injuries. The cost of damages was not available.
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Hawaii, January 29 to 31, 2008An upper low near the Aloha State helped generate showers and thunderstorms, and snow at the higher elevations, over Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii. The system also helped generate a severe thunderstorm on the Big Island.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Hawaii, December 19 to 20, 2009Upper level instability, acting on residual low level moisture from an old frontal boundary, generated heavy showers, thunderstorms, high winds, and large hail over parts of Maui, Molokai, and the Big Island of Hawaii. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 3 to 5, 2021A front moving from the west and northwest brought heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms to the islands, and some hail to the Big Island. The rain caused ponding on roadways, and small stream and drainage ditch flooding. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
- Hail in Hawaii, November 18, 1997Nickel-size hail was reported near this South Kona community.
- Hail in Hawaii, November 18, 1997Nickel-size hail reported near Hawaiian Ocean View Estates in Kau District.
- Hail in Hawaii, January 22, 1999There were several reports of pea-sized or small marble sized hail on Haleakala at the 3,000 and 4,000 foot level near the Kula area. Hail was also reported in Kokomo and Haliimaile.
- Hail in Hawaii, February 25, 2002Hail with an estimated diameter of 1 inch fell near Kealakekua in the North Kona District of the Big Island of Hawaii. However, there were no reports of serious property damage or injuries.
- Hail in Hawaii, January 25, 2004An off duty National Weather Service employee reported three-quarter inch hail in the afternoon of the 25th in North Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. However, no serious injuries or property damage were reported.
- Hail in Hawaii, March 24, 2006Law enforcement personnel and a bank employee in Kealakekua, a town just north of Captain Cook in the South Kona District on the Big Island of Hawaii, reported quarter-sized hail from a passing thunderstorm. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
- Hail in Hawaii, March 24, 2006A member of the general public reported hail nearly an inch in diameter with a thunderstorm. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported.
- Hail in Hawaii, March 23, 2023Moist and unstable conditions settled in over the state which generated a few thunderstorms with some hail across Oahu.
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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.