Storm History: Hawaii County, Hawaii
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hawaii County, Hawaii: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 2,003
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $115 million
- Episodes
- 1,205
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf | 409 | 4 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Flash Flood | 401 | 6 | 4 | $81 million |
| Heavy Rain | 399 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drought | 376 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| High Wind | 120 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Flood | 82 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 78 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 4 | $2.5 million |
| Volcanic Ashfall | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 12 | 0 | 1 | $27,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $8.0 million |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 4 | $30,000 |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $7.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $750,000 |
| Tsunami | 2 | 0 | 0 | $14 million |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, November 1, 2000
- Tsunami, March 11, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 24, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2026
- Tornado, January 28, 1971
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2026
- Flash Flood, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 3, 1996
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2026
- Flash Flood, November 4, 2024
- High Wind, February 16, 2013
- Wildfire, January 21, 2006
- High Surf, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, February 7, 2026
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
Every episode, newest first
- High Surf, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2026
- High Surf, February 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, February 7, 2026
- Volcanic Ashfall, January 24, 2026
- Flood, January 5, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- High Surf, November 10, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Wildfire, September 1, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Tsunami, July 29, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- High Surf, January 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 4, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Tropical Storm, August 24, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2024
- High Surf, June 14, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 5, 2024
- Flood, March 5, 2024
- High Surf, February 14, 2024
- High Surf, February 2, 2024
- High Surf, January 20, 2024
- High Surf, January 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2024
- High Surf, December 18, 2023
- Debris Flow, November 30, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Wildfire, August 31, 2023
- Wildfire, August 19, 2023
- Wildfire, August 8, 2023
- High Wind, August 7, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Wildfire, July 26, 2023
- Tropical Storm, July 19, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Volcanic Ashfall, June 7, 2023
- Flood, May 19, 2023
- High Surf, May 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 19, 2023
- Flood, April 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 13, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2023
- High Surf, March 8, 2023
- Strong Wind, March 8, 2023
- High Wind, March 7, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2023
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2023
- High Surf, March 1, 2023
- Heavy Rain, February 20, 2023
- Flash Flood, February 17, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Lightning, February 13, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 9, 2023
- High Surf, February 9, 2023
- Lightning, February 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2023
- High Surf, January 11, 2023
- Blizzard, December 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2022
- High Wind, December 18, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Volcanic Ashfall, November 27, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 27, 2022
- High Surf, November 26, 2022
- Strong Wind, November 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 4, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Heavy Rain, October 28, 2022
- Drought, October 18, 2022
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2022
- Heavy Rain, October 3, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 27, 2022
- High Surf, September 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2022
- High Surf, September 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- High Surf, August 21, 2022
- Wildfire, August 10, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Wildfire, July 21, 2022
- High Surf, July 13, 2022
- Heavy Rain, July 2, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 28, 2022
- Drought, June 28, 2022
- High Surf, June 27, 2022
- Heavy Rain, June 22, 2022
- High Surf, June 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- High Surf, May 31, 2022
- High Surf, May 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Heavy Rain, April 16, 2022
- Heavy Rain, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Heavy Rain, March 30, 2022
- Drought, March 15, 2022
- Heavy Rain, March 8, 2022
- High Surf, February 25, 2022
- Heavy Rain, February 17, 2022
- High Surf, February 15, 2022
- Heavy Rain, February 13, 2022
- High Surf, January 21, 2022
- High Surf, January 9, 2022
- High Surf, January 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2021
- Heavy Rain, December 22, 2021
- High Surf, December 21, 2021
- Heavy Rain, December 20, 2021
- Heavy Rain, December 16, 2021
- High Surf, December 3, 2021
- Flash Flood, December 3, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain, December 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain, November 29, 2021
- Heavy Rain, November 13, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2021
- High Surf, October 8, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain, September 27, 2021
- Heavy Rain, September 14, 2021
- Heavy Rain, September 2, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 24, 2021
- Heavy Rain, August 23, 2021
- High Surf, August 21, 2021
- Heavy Rain, August 16, 2021
- High Surf, August 16, 2021
- Heavy Rain, August 11, 2021
- Drought, August 3, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Wildfire, August 1, 2021
- Wildfire, July 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2021
- Heavy Rain, July 8, 2021
- High Surf, July 5, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 26, 2021
- Drought, June 22, 2021
- High Surf, June 20, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 19, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Wildfire, June 4, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 4, 2021
- Heavy Rain, May 3, 2021
- Heavy Rain, April 28, 2021
- Heavy Rain, April 11, 2021
- High Surf, April 6, 2021
- Heavy Rain, March 22, 2021
- Heavy Rain, March 16, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 6, 2021
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain, February 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 17, 2021
- High Surf, February 13, 2021
- Heavy Rain, February 9, 2021
- High Surf, February 4, 2021
- Hail, February 3, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, January 25, 2021
- High Surf, January 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, January 17, 2021
- High Surf, January 14, 2021
- Heavy Rain, January 9, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain, December 18, 2020
- Heavy Rain, December 16, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, November 24, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 26, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 25, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 23, 2020
- Drought, September 15, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Heavy Rain, July 5, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- High Surf, June 28, 2020
- Drought, June 9, 2020
- High Surf, June 2, 2020
- High Surf, May 17, 2020
- Wildfire, April 23, 2020
- High Surf, April 15, 2020
- Heavy Rain, April 12, 2020
- High Wind, April 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2020
- Heavy Rain, April 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2020
- High Surf, March 24, 2020
- High Wind, March 18, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 14, 2020
- High Wind, March 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 2, 2020
- Strong Wind, February 20, 2020
- Strong Wind, February 13, 2020
- Heavy Rain, February 10, 2020
- High Surf, February 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- High Surf, January 25, 2020
- High Wind, January 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 10, 2020
- High Wind, January 5, 2020
- High Surf, January 1, 2020
- High Wind, December 30, 2019
- High Surf, December 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 24, 2019
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hawaii CountyEvery warning in Hawaii County since 1986Every county in Hawaii
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.