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Temperatures of 90 °F (32 °C) and above are uncommon, with the exception of dry, leeward areas. In the leeward areas, temperatures may reach into the low 90s several days during the year, but temperatures higher than these are unusual. The highest temperature ever recorded on the islands was 100 °F (38 °C) on April 27, 1931, in Pāhala. The ...
Prior to the establishment of the station there in 1992, rainfall for Big Bog was estimated at around 4,600 millimetres (180 in) per year. However, the first full year of recorded data showed 13,995 millimetres (551.0 in) of rainfall, which is one of the highest annual rainfall totals measured in the Hawaiian Islands. [ 4 ]
Guam's climate is moderated by east to northeast trade winds through the year. The average annual rainfall for the island is 86 inches (2,200 mm). [74] There is a distinct dry season from January to June, and a rainy season from July to December. [75] Typhoons frequent the island, which can lead to excessive rainfall. During El Niño years, dry ...
The month of July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally. [21] ... (0.25 mm) of rainfall: 331 days in Oahu, Hawaii, 1939–1940 [304] Snow
This ecoregion includes one of the world's wettest places, the slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale, which average 373 in (9,500 mm) of rainfall per year. [ 4 ] 20°N 157°W / 20°N 157°W / 20 Hawaiian tropical rainforests
Similarly, The Weather Network and the Guinness Book of Weather Records quote 335 days with rain here while (Simons 1996: 303) suggests that rain falls on 360 days per year. The local tourist industry of Kauai has promoted it as one of the wettest places on earth, which it is. The rainfall at Waiʻaleʻale is evenly distributed through the year.
Kahoʻolawe is relatively dry, with an average annual rainfall of less than 26 in (66 cm) [6] resulting from a combination of being too low to generate much orographic precipitation from the northeastern trade winds and lying in the rain shadow of eastern Maui's 10,023-foot-high (3,055 m) volcano, Haleakalā.
Pahala has a dry-summer tropical savanna climate with hot daytime temperatures and mild nighttime temperatures year round and a summer dry season. [5] Precipitation peaks during the month of November. On April 27, 1931, the temperature reached 100 °F (37.8 °C) in Pahala, which is the highest temperature recorded in Hawaii.