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Hawaii Weather Records

5 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Hawaii, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 100°F at Pahala (Hawaii) to 12°F at Mauna Kea Observatory (Hawaii).

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
100°FApril 27, 1931Pahala (Hawaii)517421E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
12°FMay 17, 1979Mauna Kea Observatory (Hawaii)516183E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
49.69 inchesApril 14, 2018 to April 15, 2018Waipā Garden (Kauai)NA

This value exceeded the previous record of 38 inches, observed at Kilauea Sugar Co. Plantation on 24-25 January 1956, which itself was an estimate. The 2018 value also became the national record for 24-hour precipitation. View the associated National Climate Extremes Committee report. The members of the SCEC deferred to the NCEC findings.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
6.5 inchesFebruary 2, 1936Haleakali (Maui)510992N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
5 inchesApril 6, 1938Haleakali (Maui)510992N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.