Hawaii Magazine
Everything You Need To Know About Hurricane Season in Hawaiʻi
If you re in the Islands during a hurricane or tropical storm watch or warning, here are some helpful traveler tips.
Jun 2, 2021
June in Hawaiʻi means summer vacations, south shore swells and hurricanes.
Hurricane season runs from June 1 to early November, and this year the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office is predicting a near- or below-normal hurricane season for the Central Pacific, with two to five tropical cyclones for the region. That’s lower than last year.
Fortunately, hurricanes are rare in Hawaiʻi the last major hurricane to hit the Islands was Hurricane ʻIniki in 1992, which caused $3.1 billion in damage and devastated the island of Kauaʻi; it killed six people. The most recent was Hurricane Lane, which peaked as a powerful Category 5 hurricane in August 2018. It significantly weakened as it approached the islands, but its rainbands caused severe mudslides and flash f
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