Hawaii

Storm History: Maui County, Hawaii

1,293 episodes, 4,065 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Maui 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
4,065
Deaths
214
Injuries
76
Damage
$11 billion
Episodes
1,293

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 Surf2,05820$40,000
Drought98400
Flash Flood43061$50 million
Heavy Rain31620
Wildfire6120474$11 billion
High Wind6100$10,000
Flood5300$24,000
Tornado2000$28,000
Tropical Storm1201$64,000
Strong Wind1200$20,000
Funnel Cloud900
Waterspout900
Hail900
Winter Storm800
Hurricane (Typhoon)700
Lightning600$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind600$100,000
Dust Devil200$20,000
Debris Flow200

The deadliest

The costliest

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

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Maui CountyEvery warning in Maui 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.