Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hauula, HI

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Kii-Kahuku 911, HI, 6 miles northwest of Hauula at 25 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 75°F; February is the coolest, at 77°F and 66°F. November is the wettest at 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 1.5 inches; the year adds up to 32.8 inches over 67 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from September. A night below freezing comes less than once a year on average. That 32.8 inches is more than at 14 of the 33 Hawaii stations used on this site (42%). Kaneohe, 7 miles south, has its own station (Waihee 837.5, HI): 76.2 inches a year, 43.4 more than here, and an August average high of 84°F against 83°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Mokuoloe, HI, 14 miles southeast, averaged 82°F in September and 76°F in February over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from June to October. Sea level at the Mokuoloe tide gauge, 14 miles from Hauula, has risen 0.70 ± 0.10 inches per decade from 1957 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 7.0 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 32 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 265 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hauula: 195 heavy rain events, 55 flash floods, 7 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 floods and 3 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $21.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on March 4, 1996. March has had the most flash floods, 14 of 55. Of the 51 Hawaii cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 44 have had fewer than Hauula.

Flood insurance policyholders in Hauula's ZIP code 96717 have filed 199 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $2.8 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from 2026-03-KonaStorm in 2026: 10 claims (5% of all) and $329,000. The year with the most claims was 2006, with 25. 7% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 38 Hawaii cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 26 have fewer than Hauula.