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Maui rainfall totals below average in February
The USGS’ rain gage on Puʻu Kukui on Maui recorded its lowest February total on record. ʻUlupalakua Ranch and Haʻikū had their lowest February totals since 1973 and 1992, respectively.
Maui rainfall totals below 50% of average for November 2024
Despite the recent dry conditions, rainfall totals for 2024 through the end of November were still near to above average at most of the gages across Maui County. The rain gage at West Wailuaiki Stream had the highest year-to-date total of 198.49 inches (95% of average).
Public invited to free presentation on Maui’s Wet Weather Outlook, Nov. 14
The public is invited to a free Zoom presentation on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. by Kevin Kodama, Senior Service Hydrologist for the National Weather Service’s Honolulu Forecast Office. The talk is hosted online by Kula Community Watershed Alliance, a nonprofit community-based organization formed to stabilize, protect, restore, and maintain the areas of Kula impacted in the August 2023 wildfire.
La Niña favored to emerge by the end of November, NWS says
Maui County’s wet season has had a slow start, but climate models predict above-average rainfall this winter.
National Weather Service: Rainfall stayed below average in February
Without significant flooding in February, drier and more stable weather conditions kept rainfall below average for the month in many areas of the state, including Maui County, the National Weather Service reported.
Report: Despite El Niño conditions, Hawaiʻi rainfall is near normal
Ongoing El Niño climate conditions have not generated as much dry weather as expected in the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiʻi Drought Council reports.
ʻUlupalakua Ranch on Maui had its lowest May rainfall total since 2012
ʻUlupalakua Ranch on Maui had its lowest May rainfall total since 2012 according to the latest Monthly Precipitation Summary from the National Weather Service.
Report: Much needed rain returns to Maui in April with 21+ inches at Puʻu Kukui
The rain gauge at Puʻu Kukui got the county’s highest monthly total of 21.38 inches and the highest daily total of 6.37 inches on April 2. The monthly total was 56% of average, according to State Senior Service Hydrologist Kevin Kodama with the National Weather Service’s Forecast Office Honolulu who compiled the report.
More than 22 inches of rain at Puʻu Kukui on Maui in March
The USGS’ rain gage on top of Puʻu Kukui had the highest monthly total of 22.32 inches (58% of average), and the highest daily total of 7.90 inches on March 2, according to the summary report.
Drought returns to Maui County during ‘strange’ wet season
After a brief reprieve in December, Maui County descended again into drought as below-average rainfall dried up the state last month, recent weather reports show. The changes are part of a “strange” wet season, according to Kevin Kodama, senior service hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
Six Consecutive Snow Days at Haleakalā “Unusual” But Not Unheard-Of
NOAA Hydrologist, Kevin Kodama called the six-day stretch on Maui from Feb. 10-15, unusual, saying it “probably hasn’t happened in the last 10 to 20 years.”
West Maui Community Disaster Plan Meeting, March 16
The upcoming West Maui Community Disaster Plan meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, March 16, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lahaina Civic Center Amphitheater.
