Hawaii

Storm History: Honolulu County, Hawaii

1,681 episodes, 2,746 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Honolulu 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
2,746
Deaths
14
Injuries
76
Damage
$1.1 billion
Episodes
1,681

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 Surf1,4261138$745,000
Flash Flood427114$1.1 billion
Heavy Rain33002
Drought14900
High Wind9001$222,000
Flood7906$451,000
Wildfire7915$2.2 million
Strong Wind4314$161,000
Tornado4003$1.1 million
Funnel Cloud2900
Waterspout1300
Thunderstorm Wind1100$14,000
Winter Storm700
Debris Flow501
Lightning401
Tropical Storm400$10,000
Dust Devil301
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Hail200
Winter Weather100
Storm Surge/Tide100

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Honolulu County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Honolulu CountyEvery warning in Honolulu 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.