NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Waimanalo, 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
3 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Waimanalo, Hawaii since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Douglas in 2020. Since 1950, 15 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 1
- Tropical storms
- 2
- Tornadoes
- 15
- 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 Waimanalo
The strongest storm to pass near Waimanalo was Douglas in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane with 90 mph winds when its centre passed 51 miles away. The record near Waimanalo begins with Gil in 1983; the most recent system was Douglas in 2020. Of the 57 Hawaii cities on this site, 40% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Waimanalo. The highest rating among the 15 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 3 times; the most recent, on March 18, 1982, came within 24 miles. Of the 15, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. February has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on April 23, 2015. Waimanalo has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 70% of the 57 Hawaii cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 6 times since 2012, with stones up to 4.25 inches. Waimanalo is tied for the most hail reports within 10 miles among the 57 Hawaii cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Waimanalo
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Waimanalo: 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 Waimanalo
By decade
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1980s6
- 1970s3
- 1960s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 1982 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 11, 1982 | F2 | 5 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 11, 1982 | F2 | 1 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 1971 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 28, 1971 | F1 | 24 mi | 1.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 1, 1963 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 2015 | EF0 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 9, 2012 | EF0 | 3 mi | 1.29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 11, 2009 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.36 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jan 25, 2004 | F0 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 11, 1989 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1986 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 15, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Waimanalo
The Storm Prediction Center has 6 hail reports within 10 miles of Waimanalo since 2012, made on 2 separate days. All were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.25 inches, fell on March 9, 2012, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Waimanalo
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Waimanalo Exp F 795.1, HI, in Waimanalo at 64 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 78°F and 65°F. December is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 42.6 inches over 76 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 42.6 inches is more than at 20 of the 33 Hawaii stations used on this site (61%). Kailua, 5 miles northwest, has its own station (Kaneohe 838.1, HI): 51.0 inches a year, 8.4 more than here, and an August average high of 84°F against 85°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Mokuoloe, HI, 9 miles northwest, 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, 9 miles from Waimanalo, 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.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 78 | 65 | 4.8 | 8 | 76 |
| Feb | 78 | 65 | 4.5 | 6 | 76 |
| Mar | 79 | 67 | 5.4 | 8 | 77 |
| Apr | 80 | 69 | 3.3 | 6 | 78 |
| May | 81 | 70 | 2.4 | 5 | 79 |
| Jun | 83 | 73 | 1.3 | 4 | 81 |
| Jul | 84 | 74 | 1.9 | 6 | 81 |
| Aug | 85 | 74 | 2.0 | 5 | 82 |
| Sep | 85 | 74 | 2.6 | 6 | 82 |
| Oct | 84 | 73 | 3.5 | 7 | 81 |
| Nov | 82 | 71 | 5.4 | 8 | 79 |
| Dec | 79 | 68 | 5.5 | 9 | 77 |
| Year | 82 | 70 | 42.6 | 76 | 79 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Waimanalo Exp F 795.1, HI (64 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Mokuoloe, 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 Waimanalo
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 95 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Waimanalo: 42 heavy rain events, 40 flash floods, 6 floods, 4 lightning strikes and 3 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 0 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $6.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on December 1, 2013. March has had the most flash floods, 9 of 40. Of the 51 Hawaii cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 41 have had fewer than Waimanalo.
October 26, 2024: heavy rain event 8 miles from the centre of Waimanalo — 2 injured.
December 1, 2013: lightning strike 5 miles from the centre of Waimanalo — 1 injured.
January 25, 2021: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Waimanalo — 1 injured.
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 Waimanalo's ZIP code 96795 have filed 36 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $447,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2018, with 15. 14% 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, 14 have fewer than Waimanalo.
Honolulu County, which includes Waimanalo, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1974, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 5 hurricanes, 4 fires, 4 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Lala, on October 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Honolulu County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Moderate for coastal flooding; Relatively Low for hurricanes and tornadoes; Very Low for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $517.3 million a year, the highest of 5 Hawaii counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $329.7 million (64%), 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.
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