NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Volcano, 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
2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Volcano, Hawaii since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Darby in 2016. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 2
- Tornadoes
- 5
- 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 Volcano
None of the 2 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Volcano; the strongest was Iselle in 2014, a tropical storm with 58 mph winds when its centre passed 18 miles away. The record near Volcano begins with Iselle in 2014; the most recent system was Darby in 2016, a tropical storm 12 miles away. Of the 57 Hawaii cities on this site, 93% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Volcano. The highest rating among the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 2 times; the most recent, on March 25, 1988, came within 19 miles. Of the 5, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on February 28, 2004. Of the 57 Hawaii cities, 46% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Volcano.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Volcano
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Volcano: 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 Volcano
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1980s3
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1988 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 20, 1980 | F1 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 28, 2004 | F0 | 2 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 3, 1986 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 19, 1955 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Volcano
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Volcano since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Volcano
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hawaii Vol Np Hq 54, HI, 3 miles southwest of Volcano at 3,971 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 74°F and low of 56°F; February is the coolest, at 68°F and 49°F. December is the wettest at 11.4 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 5.1 inches; the year adds up to 96.5 inches over 162 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. A night below freezing comes less than once a year on average. That 96.5 inches is more than at 28 of the 33 Hawaii stations used on this site (85%). Mountain View, 8 miles northeast, has its own station (Glenwood #2 55.4, HI): 229.1 inches a year, 132.6 more than here, and an August average high of 77°F against 74°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Hilo, Hilo Bay, Kuhio Bay, HI, 22 miles northeast, averaged 81°F in October and 77°F in March over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from August to October. Sea level at the Hilo tide gauge, 22 miles from Volcano, has risen 1.24 ± 0.05 inches per decade from 1927 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 12.4 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 73 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68 | 49 | 8.8 | 11 | 78 |
| Feb | 68 | 49 | 8.2 | 10 | 77 |
| Mar | 68 | 51 | 10.3 | 16 | 77 |
| Apr | 68 | 52 | 9.2 | 17 | 77 |
| May | 71 | 53 | 6.5 | 13 | 78 |
| Jun | 71 | 54 | 5.1 | 14 | 79 |
| Jul | 73 | 56 | 6.3 | 14 | 80 |
| Aug | 74 | 56 | 5.9 | 12 | 80 |
| Sep | 73 | 55 | 6.0 | 12 | 81 |
| Oct | 72 | 55 | 8.2 | 13 | 81 |
| Nov | 70 | 54 | 10.6 | 15 | 80 |
| Dec | 68 | 52 | 11.4 | 15 | 79 |
| Year | 70 | 53 | 96.5 | 162 | 79 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hawaii Vol Np Hq 54, HI (3,971 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Hilo, Hilo Bay, Kuhio Bay, 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 Volcano
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 28 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Volcano: 23 heavy rain events, 4 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $100,000 in property and crop damage.
March 13, 2026: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Volcano — $100,000 damage.
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
Hawaii County, which includes Volcano, has been named in 35 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 fires, 6 hurricanes, 4 earthquakes, 3 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Lala, on October 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hawaii County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for inland flooding; 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 $365.0 million a year, the 2nd highest of 5 Hawaii counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $185.3 million (51%), 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 Volcano
- Mountain View, HI8 mi
- Kurtistown, HI13 mi
- Keaau, HI18 mi
- Pahoa, HI19 mi
- Hilo, HI20 mi
- Naalehu, HI34 mi
- Holualoa, HI35 mi
- Ocean View, HI43 mi
- Captain Cook, HI45 mi
- Kealakekua, HI47 mi
- Honokaa, HI49 mi
- Waikoloa, HI51 mi
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