NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lahaina, HI
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
4 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Lahaina, Hawaii since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Linda in 2021. Since 1950, 6 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 1
- Tropical storms
- 3
- Tornadoes
- 6
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Lahaina
The strongest storm to pass near Lahaina was Douglas in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane with 86 mph winds when its centre passed 50 miles away. The record near Lahaina begins with Gil in 1983; the most recent system was Linda in 2021, a tropical storm 36 miles away. The busiest decade was the 2020s, with 2 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 4 systems, 3 have come since 2000. Of the 57 Hawaii cities on this site, 40% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Lahaina. The highest rating among the 6 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 6 times; the most recent, on February 11, 2011, came within 17 miles. Of the 6, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. Lahaina has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 54% of the 57 Hawaii cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Lahaina
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LindaAug 23 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | DouglasJul 26 | 50 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2018 | OliviaSep 12 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1983 | GilAug 3 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Lahaina: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lahaina
By decade
- 2010s1
- 2000s3
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2011 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 23, 2008 | EF0 | 19 mi | 0.81 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 25, 2006 | F0 | 20 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 23, 2006 | F0 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 1973 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 22, 1967 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 6 of 6, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lahaina
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Lahaina since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lahaina
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Puukolii 457.1, HI, 2 miles northwest of Lahaina at 421 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 71°F; January and February are the coolest, at 77°F and 64°F. March is the wettest at 3.7 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 23.3 inches over 39 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 3 days a year, almost all from August to September. A night below freezing comes less than once a year on average. That 23.3 inches is more than at 11 of the 33 Hawaii stations used on this site (33%). Wailuku, 10 miles east, has its own station (Kahului Airport, HI): 16.1 inches a year, 7.2 less than here, and an August average high of 90°F against 85°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Kahului, Kahului Harbor, HI, 12 miles east, averaged 81°F in September and 76°F in February over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from August to October. Sea level at the Kahului tide gauge, 12 miles from Lahaina, has risen 0.90 ± 0.07 inches per decade from 1947 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 9.0 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 52 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 77 | 64 | 3.4 | 5 | 77 |
| Feb | 77 | 64 | 2.1 | 4 | 76 |
| Mar | 78 | 65 | 3.7 | 5 | 76 |
| Apr | 79 | 66 | 1.7 | 4 | 77 |
| May | 81 | 67 | 1.2 | 2 | 78 |
| Jun | 83 | 69 | 0.6 | 2 | 79 |
| Jul | 84 | 70 | 0.8 | 2 | 80 |
| Aug | 85 | 71 | 0.9 | 2 | 80 |
| Sep | 85 | 70 | 1.2 | 2 | 81 |
| Oct | 83 | 70 | 1.9 | 3 | 80 |
| Nov | 80 | 68 | 2.6 | 4 | 78 |
| Dec | 78 | 66 | 3.2 | 5 | 77 |
| Year | 81 | 67 | 23.3 | 39 | 78 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Puukolii 457.1, HI (421 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Kahului, Kahului Harbor, HI, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Lahaina
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 166 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lahaina: 148 heavy rain events, 15 flash floods, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind report and 1 lightning strike. They killed 3 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $121,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on February 27, 2004. Of the 51 Hawaii cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 15 have had fewer than Lahaina.
February 27, 2021: heavy rain event 8 miles from the centre of Lahaina — 2 killed.
February 18, 2021: heavy rain event 7 miles from the centre of Lahaina — 1 killed.
March 21, 2026: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Lahaina — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Early in the morning of March 22nd, heavy rain moved over Maui and led to flooding across the island. Many roads were flooded and landslides were reported.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Lahaina's ZIP code 96761 have filed 201 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1993, with 23. 10% 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, 27 have fewer than Lahaina.
Maui County, which includes Lahaina, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1968, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 fires, 7 hurricanes, 5 floods, 5 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Lala, on October 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Maui County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for hurricanes and coastal flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $132.2 million a year, the 3rd highest of 5 Hawaii counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $59.4 million (45%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Lahaina
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- Kahului, HI13 mi
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- Paia, HI18 mi
- Lanai City, HI18 mi
- Makawao, HI21 mi
- Kula, HI24 mi
- Kaunakakai, HI25 mi
- Haiku, HI25 mi
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- Kapaau, HI74 mi
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