Climate Comfort Score
88/100
Excellent
NOAA 1991–2020 normals Census-designated place · exact match 76°F annual avg Public-domain federal data
Lihue, HI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature, precipitation, and comfort score from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →
- 76°F
- Avg annual temp
- 88/100
- Comfort score
- 36.2"
- Annual precip
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lihue's primary NOAA station, LIHUE WSO AP 1020.1.
The climate verdict for Lihue
Warm-season cooling demand defines Lihue, Hawaii, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 76°F. It scores 88/100 for composite comfort (excellent), putting it in the most temperate third of station-mapped US locations, milder than 89% of them.
- 76°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 88/100
- comfort score, milder than 89% of station-mapped locations
- 36.2"
- annual precipitation
Based on NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020) - 30-year averages describing the typical year, not a forecast.
Avg Temperature
76°F (25°C)
Avg High
82°F
Avg Low
71°F
Annual Precip
36.2"
Annual Snow
0.0"
Comfort Score
88/100
Excellent
Lihue 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
76°F
30-year mean (NOAA NCEI)
Annual Precipitation
36.2"
Liquid-equivalent total
Comfort score vs national 100-point ceiling (Lihue) 88.0%
National median (64)
PlainClimate composite, temperature mildness, humidity, precipitation, extreme-weather frequency. Excellent for the Lihue area.
How Lihue compares with its closest stations
Against the 6 closest stations in the record, Lihue averages 76°F a year, warmer than Kilauea, HI (74°F) and Princeville Rch, HI (74°F), and cooler than Mahaulepu, HI (77°F). On comfort score it places 1 of 5 in that local group.
Corpus-relative placement
Where Lihue 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 99%
- of 6,861 measured location normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Wetter than 50%
- of 6,352 measured location normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Larger than 1%
- of 6,861 complete location-year normals.
How Lihue compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lihue's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
88 Top 11% milder than 89% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Lihue's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 63 complete annual observations from 1951 to 2025, LIHUE WSO AP 1020.1 cooled at a fitted rate of 0.14°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lihue primary station fitted change -0.14 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79°F (26°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 78°F (26°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 79°F (26°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 83°F (29°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| October | 84°F (29°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 81°F (27°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 79°F (26°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Lihue: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 66°F near January 15 and 85°F near September 3.
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 66°F around January 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 10, when 63% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 19 at 40%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 193 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 13°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lihue.
Where Lihue Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 13°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 2.8"
12.0 days with precipitation
February 3.6"
12.5 days with precipitation
March 5.6"
15.1 days with precipitation
April 2.0"
15.5 days with precipitation
May 2.2"
14.3 days with precipitation
June 1.8"
17.8 days with precipitation
July 1.8"
19.3 days with precipitation
August 2.3"
18.0 days with precipitation
September 2.2"
16.1 days with precipitation
October 3.3"
16.9 days with precipitation
November 4.0"
17.5 days with precipitation
December 4.6"
17.6 days with precipitation
Lihue spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 16% of the annual total and December through February 31%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lihue has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: March averages 5.6" and July 1.8". The three wettest months together take 39% 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.
Rain reaches Lihue in small, frequent amounts
Lihue records about 193 days with measurable precipitation a year and 36.2" in total, which works out to roughly 0.19 inches on an average wet day. Precipitation on 53% of all days, arriving that lightly, is the damp many-grey-days pattern rather than the storm-driven one.
Places in this band read as wetter than their annual totals suggest, because what people notice is the number of overcast days, not the depth in the gauge.
- Most wet days: July, about 19 of them.
- Fewest: January, about 12.
- Average depth per wet day: 0.19 inches.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Lihue'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
0
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,124
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
February
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 11.9 | 25% | 21% |
| February | 74% | 12.5 | 22% | 21% |
| March | 76% | 13.4 | 15% | 24% |
| April | 74% | 13.3 | 14% | 20% |
| May | 75% | 12.9 | 14% | 14% |
| June | 74% | 14.3 | 11% | 16% |
| July | 74% | 14.5 | 9% | 15% |
| August | 74% | 13.4 | 11% | 13% |
| September | 74% | 12.3 | 15% | 14% |
| October | 76% | 12.3 | 14% | 18% |
| November | 76% | 13.7 | 18% | 21% |
| December | 76% | 11.5 | 26% | 19% |
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 Lihue's climate means for you
Lihue runs 76°F a year - peaking in August, coldest in February.
- Air conditioning drives the bills rather than the furnace: 4,124 cooling degree days against 0 for heating.
- See how Lihue lines up against the rest of Hawaii and the national rankings. See rankings
Climate Guides
Data-derived climate profile
How Lihue's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Lihue. Cooling totals 4,124 degree days, more than double the 0 heating measure, and the 8.0°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Lihue's 36.2 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
Temperature varies within a narrow 8.0°F band across the normal year. August and February mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 76°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Lihue. 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 Lihue'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
- At 80°F (27°C) this is a genuinely hot month, in the top third of US stations, and the daily average understates afternoon highs.
- Coldest normal
- February
- The coldest month still averages 72°F (22°C), above freezing, so this calendar has no hard winter.
- Rainfall rhythm
- March to July
- March is typically wettest; July 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 Lihue, HI? ▼
The average annual temperature in Lihue, Hawaii is 76°F. The warmest month averages 85°F (30°C) and the coldest averages 66°F (19°C).
How much rain does Lihue get? ▼
Lihue receives 36.2 inches of precipitation annually. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
What is the comfort score for Lihue? ▼
Lihue has a climate comfort score of 88/100 (Excellent), milder than 89% of station-mapped locations in the PlainClimate database.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Lihue? ▼
Lihue has 0 heating degree days and 4,124 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 Lihue climate data come from? ▼
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). Figures on this page come from Lihue's primary NOAA station (LIHUE WSO AP 1020.1, USW00022536).
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Lihue's primary station: LIHUE WSO AP 1020.1 (USW00022536). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 1545200), not an incorporated 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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