Climate Comfort Score
76/100
Good
NOAA 1991–2020 normals Station-mapped location · no exact Census place match 71°F annual avg Public-domain federal data
Kihalani, HI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: average temperature, precipitation, and comfort score
- 71°F
- Avg annual temp
- 76/100
- Comfort score
- 148.2"
- Annual precip
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Kihalani's primary NOAA station, KIHALANI 132.5.
The climate verdict for Kihalani
Warm-season cooling demand defines Kihalani, Hawaii, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 71°F. It scores 76/100 for composite comfort (good), putting it in the most temperate third of station-mapped US locations, milder than 69% of them.
- 71°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 76/100
- comfort score, milder than 69% of station-mapped locations
- 148.2"
- annual precipitation
Based on NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020) - 30-year averages describing the typical year, not a forecast.
Avg Temperature
71°F (22°C)
Avg High
78°F
Avg Low
65°F
Annual Precip
148.2"
Annual Snow
0.0"
Comfort Score
76/100
Good
Kihalani sits in Hawaii, the #2 hottest U.S. state at 72.4°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Avg Annual Temperature
71°F
30-year mean (NOAA NCEI)
Annual Precipitation
148.2"
Liquid-equivalent total
Comfort score vs national 100-point ceiling (Kihalani) 76.0%
National median (64)
PlainClimate composite, temperature mildness, humidity, precipitation, extreme-weather frequency. Good for the Kihalani area.
How Kihalani compares with its closest stations
Against the 6 closest stations in the record, Kihalani averages 71°F a year, warmer than Glenwood, HI (67°F) and Hawaii Vol National Park Headquarters, HI (62°F), and cooler than Hilo, HI (74°F) and Puukohola Heiau, HI (79°F). On comfort score it places 1 of 6 in that local group.
Corpus-relative placement
Where Kihalani sits across the climate record
These comparisons place this primary-station normal among station-mapped locations with the same NOAA 1991–2020 fields.
- Annual temperature
- Warmer than 96%
- of 6,861 measured location normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Wetter than 99%
- of 6,352 measured location normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Larger than 0%
- of 6,861 complete location-year normals.
How Kihalani compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Kihalani's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
76 Top 31% milder than 69% of 6,189 station-mapped locations
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76°F (24°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 10.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 76°F (24°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 12.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 76°F (24°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 17.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 14.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 7.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 6.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 12.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 16.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 11.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 78°F (26°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 16.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 76°F (25°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 15.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Kihalani: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 61°F near January 24 and 81°F near August 24.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 61°F around January 24.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 11, when 81% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 15 at 52%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 255 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 15°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Kihalani.
Where Kihalani Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 148 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 15°F.
Standing computed against the distribution of 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations in the PlainClimate database; only nationally notable standings are shown.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
January 10.4"
15.8 days with precipitation
February 12.6"
17.3 days with precipitation
March 17.3"
22.0 days with precipitation
April 14.6"
23.3 days with precipitation
May 7.8"
19.5 days with precipitation
June 6.5"
23.6 days with precipitation
July 12.1"
24.0 days with precipitation
August 16.9"
25.4 days with precipitation
September 7.3"
20.8 days with precipitation
October 11.0"
21.9 days with precipitation
November 16.3"
21.3 days with precipitation
December 15.5"
19.8 days with precipitation
Kihalani spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Kihalani has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 5.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: March averages 17.3" and June 6.5". The three wettest months together take 34% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Kihalani, it arrives in quantity
148.2" of precipitation falls across only about 255 wet days here, averaging 0.58 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 255 a year, 70% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.58 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 25
- Fewest wet days
- January, about 16
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Kihalani's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,343
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
February
Places with a similar climate profile
NOAA 1991–2020 annual normals connect this location to non-geographic peers. Temperature peers use annual mean temperature; energy peers use both heating and cooling degree days.
Closest annual-temperature peers
What Kihalani's climate means for you
Kihalani runs 71°F a year - peaking in August, coldest in February.
- Air conditioning drives the bills rather than the furnace: 2,343 cooling degree days against 10 for heating.
- See how Kihalani lines up against the rest of Hawaii and the national rankings. See rankings
Climate Guides
Data-derived climate profile
How Kihalani's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Kihalani. Cooling totals 2,343 degree days, more than double the 10 heating measure, and the 5.7°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 148.2 inches of precipitation at Kihalani. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Kihalani's 5.7°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and February mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 71°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Kihalani. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Kihalani's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. They are descriptive ranges, not an official NOAA classification or a forecast for any specific year.
The year in four calendar signals
- Warmest normal
- August
- The month averages 74°F (23°C), a middling summer peak by national standards rather than an extreme one.
- Coldest normal
- February
- The coldest month still averages 68°F (20°C), above freezing, so this calendar has no hard winter.
- Rainfall rhythm
- March to June
- March is typically wettest; June is driest.
- Mild-temperature window
- January through December
- Monthly means sit between 55°F and 75°F in this window.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average temperature in Kihalani, HI? ▼
The average annual temperature in Kihalani, Hawaii is 71°F. The warmest month averages 81°F (27°C) and the coldest averages 61°F (16°C).
How much rain does Kihalani get? ▼
Kihalani receives 148.2 inches of precipitation annually. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
What is the comfort score for Kihalani? ▼
Kihalani has a climate comfort score of 76/100 (Good), milder than 69% of station-mapped locations in the PlainClimate database.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Kihalani? ▼
Kihalani has 10 heating degree days and 2,343 cooling degree days annually, a cooling-dominated climate. See our <a href="/guides/reading-weather-data" class="underline hover:text-brand-600">guide to reading weather data</a> for what these figures mean.
Where does this Kihalani climate data come from? ▼
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). Figures on this page come from Kihalani's primary NOAA station (KIHALANI 132.5, USC00514459).
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Kihalani's primary station: KIHALANI 132.5 (USC00514459). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. The reproducible method is an exact normalized name-and-state match; unresolved is an upper bound on facilities because spelling variants can be missed.
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