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Weather in Hawaii
The weather in Hawaii is typical for a tropical area, although temperatures and humidity do tend to be a bit less extreme than other tropical locales. This is due to the constant trade winds blowing from the east.
The Summertime highs are most often in the upper 80s°F, (around 31°C) during the day and approximately mid 70s, (around 24 °C) at night. The Winter temperatures during most days are usually in the low to mid 80s, (around 28 °C) and (at low elevation) rarely dip below the mid 60s (18 °C) at night. Snow, although not often associated with tropics, falls at the higher elevations of Mauna Kea (13,796 feet/ 4,205 meters) and also at Mauna Loa on the Big Island in a few winter months. Snow only rarely falls on Maui's Haleakala. Mount Waialeale (Waialeale), located on the island of Kauai, is notable for rainfall, as it has the second highest average annual rainfall on Earth, about 460 inches (38 ft. 4 in., or 11.7 m). The majority of Hawaii has only two seasons. Summer is the first and is considered to be from May to October, and Winter is from October to April.Local climates vary considerably on each island, grossly divisible into windward (Koolau) and leeward (Kona). These areas are based upon location relative to the higher mountains. Windward sides face the Northeast Trades and will receive much more rainfall; and leeward sides are drier and sunnier, with less rain and less cloud cover. This fact is utilized by the tourist industry, which concentrates resorts on sunny leeward coasts.
Weather in Hawaii
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