Climate Comfort Score
88/100
Excellent
NOAA 1991–2020 normals Station-mapped location · no exact Census place match 74°F annual avg Public-domain federal data
Waimea Valley, HI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature, precipitation, and comfort score from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →
- 74°F
- Avg annual temp
- 88/100
- Comfort score
- 52.0"
- Annual precip
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Waimea Valley's primary NOAA station, WAIMEA VALLEY 892.2.
The climate verdict for Waimea Valley
Warm-season cooling demand defines Waimea Valley, Hawaii, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 74°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.
- 74°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 88/100
- comfort score, milder than 89% of station-mapped locations
- 52.0"
- annual precipitation
Based on NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020) - 30-year averages describing the typical year, not a forecast.
Avg Temperature
74°F (24°C)
Avg High
82°F
Avg Low
67°F
Annual Precip
52.0"
Annual Snow
0.0"
Comfort Score
88/100
Excellent
Waimea Valley 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
74°F
30-year mean (NOAA NCEI)
Annual Precipitation
52.0"
Liquid-equivalent total
Comfort score vs national 100-point ceiling (Waimea Valley) 88.0%
National median (64)
PlainClimate composite, temperature mildness, humidity, precipitation, extreme-weather frequency. Excellent for the Waimea Valley area.
How Waimea Valley compares with its closest stations
Against the 6 closest stations in the record, Waimea Valley averages 74°F a year, warmer than Poamoho Exp FM, HI (73°F) and Upper Wahiawa, HI (72°F), and cooler than Kii-kahuku, HI (75°F) and Kapaka Farm, HI (76°F). On comfort score it places 2 of 5 in that local group.
Corpus-relative placement
Where Waimea Valley 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 98%
- of 6,861 measured location normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Wetter than 85%
- of 6,352 measured location normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Larger than 1%
- of 6,861 complete location-year normals.
How Waimea Valley compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Waimea Valley'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78°F (26°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 79°F (26°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 79°F (26°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 81°F (27°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| October | 84°F (29°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| November | 81°F (27°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 6.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 79°F (26°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Waimea Valley: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 62°F near January 24 and 87°F near August 19.
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 62°F around January 24.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is November 29, when 80% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 14 at 61%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 259 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 17°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Waimea Valley.
Where Waimea Valley Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 17°F.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
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 4.7"
19.2 days with precipitation
February 4.0"
17.3 days with precipitation
March 5.6"
20.9 days with precipitation
April 4.2"
21.2 days with precipitation
May 3.6"
19.4 days with precipitation
June 3.5"
22.7 days with precipitation
July 3.9"
24.3 days with precipitation
August 3.2"
22.6 days with precipitation
September 3.3"
21.1 days with precipitation
October 4.4"
22.7 days with precipitation
November 6.1"
23.7 days with precipitation
December 5.5"
24.7 days with precipitation
Waimea Valley spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Waimea Valley has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 8.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: November averages 6.1" and August 3.2". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
How Waimea Valley's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 260 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 52.0" between them, or roughly 0.20 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
Wet days a year
260
Wettest month by days
December
Driest month by days
February
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.
Waimea Valley'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
4
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,453
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
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 Waimea Valley's climate means for you
Waimea Valley runs 74°F a year - peaking in August, coldest in January.
- Air conditioning drives the bills rather than the furnace: 3,453 cooling degree days against 4 for heating.
- See how Waimea Valley lines up against the rest of Hawaii and the national rankings. See rankings
Climate Guides
Data-derived climate profile
How Waimea Valley's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Waimea Valley. Cooling totals 3,453 degree days, more than double the 4 heating measure, and the 8.2°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 52.0 inches of precipitation at Waimea Valley. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Waimea Valley's 8.2°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 74°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 Waimea Valley. 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 Waimea Valley'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 78°F (26°C) this is a genuinely hot month, in the top third of US stations, and the daily average understates afternoon highs.
- Coldest normal
- January
- The coldest month still averages 70°F (21°C), above freezing, so this calendar has no hard winter.
- Rainfall rhythm
- November to August
- November is typically wettest; August 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 Waimea Valley, HI? ▼
The average annual temperature in Waimea Valley, Hawaii is 74°F. The warmest month averages 86°F (30°C) and the coldest averages 62°F (17°C).
How much rain does Waimea Valley get? ▼
Waimea Valley receives 52.0 inches of precipitation annually. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
What is the comfort score for Waimea Valley? ▼
Waimea Valley 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 Waimea Valley? ▼
Waimea Valley has 4 heating degree days and 3,453 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 Waimea Valley climate data come from? ▼
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). Figures on this page come from Waimea Valley's primary NOAA station (WAIMEA VALLEY 892.2, USC00519603).
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Waimea Valley's primary station: WAIMEA VALLEY 892.2 (USC00519603). 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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