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.
The 13-year-old’s dramatic rendition of the Sol Bright classic “Hawaiian Cowboy” wowed the crowd at the Blaisdell Arena and had local social media abuzz in the days afterward.