Hawaii

Storm History: Hawaii County, Hawaii

1,205 episodes, 2,003 events since 1955

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Surf40940$50,000
Flash Flood40164$81 million
Heavy Rain39910
Drought37600$2.0 million
High Wind12000$60,000
Flood8200
Wildfire7800$65,000
Winter Storm1700
Hail1600
Tornado1404$2.5 million
Volcanic Ashfall1300
Lightning1201$27,000
Tropical Storm1200$8.0 million
Strong Wind1004$30,000
Winter Weather900
Waterspout700
Debris Flow700
Funnel Cloud600
Blizzard400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$7.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind300$750,000
Tsunami200$14 million
Heavy Snow200

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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

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.