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On windward coasts, many brief showers are common, not one of which is heavy enough to produce more than 0.01 in (0.25 mm) of rain. The usual run of trade wind weather yields many light showers in the lowlands, whereas torrential rains are associated with a sudden surge in the trade winds or with a major storm.
Sunset Beach is on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii and known for big wave surfing during the winter season. The original Hawaiian name for this place is Paumalū. It is a two-mile (3.3 km) stretch of mostly beige sand located at 59-104 Kamehameha Highway in Pupukea, 39 miles (63 km) driving distance from Waikiki. Lifeguards are usually ...
In 1997 the World Climate Research Programme convened a meeting to determine the state of the art of climate research around the world. One of the principle conclusions of that meeting was that the global capacity to measure major climate variables such as temperature, rainfall, wind speed and direction, was inadequate to inform efforts to confront the emerging issue of climate change. [3]
The King Kamehameha Statue was cast in 1888, lost at sea, and then recovered and erected at Kapa'au. [2] His actual birthplace [6] was a few miles away in the Kohala Historical Sites State Monument, a remote area not easily accessible. [7] June 11 is the state holiday Kamehameha Day, celebrated by a parade through the town.
A webcam shows a snowy Canada-France Hawaii Telescope on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii Dec. 7, 2021 (Mauna Kea Weather Center) The volcanic mountains, which rise to over 13,500 feet, are no stranger to ...
The Palama fire station at 879 North King Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Oahu as site 76000661 April 21, 1976, along with other Fire Stations of Oahu. It was designed in 1901 by Oliver G. Traphagen. [9] The Kaumakapili Church was moved to 766 North King Street after the 1900 fire in Chinatown.
The post office is a contract station only; [3] people who live in the community use the zip code of 96740 or 96725. [4] Historic areas near Keauhou include Keauhou Bay, where Kamehameha III was born, Kahaluu Bay directly North, and Ahu A Umi Heiau in the uplands. [5] The Keauhou Holua Slide is a National Historic Landmark. [6]
Kawaihae served as the seat of kingdom of Hawaii island during the reign of the usurper king Alapaʻinuiakauaua, whose family, the Mahi's, hailed from the Kohala district; he was the king that sought to kill the infant Kamehameha at his birth.