Hawaii

Storm History: Kauai County, Hawaii

1,441 episodes, 2,718 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kauai 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
2,718
Deaths
19
Injuries
5
Damage
$103 million
Episodes
1,441

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 Surf1,83572$387,000
Flash Flood288101$97 million
Heavy Rain17100$2,000
High Wind14912$5.3 million
Drought11800$100,000
Flood5800
Strong Wind2310$12,000
Tornado1800$310,000
Wildfire1400
Winter Storm1200
Funnel Cloud700
Thunderstorm Wind600$185,000
Lightning500
Heavy Snow400
Winter Weather300
Waterspout200
Tropical Storm200
Dense Fog100
Hail100
Debris Flow100

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 Kauai CountyEvery warning in Kauai 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.