history.Ī combination of foreign terrorist attacks and poor economic conditions contributes to civil unrest. In 2008, David Jefferson Adams becomes the 44th President of the United States following a disputed election and a tie vote in the Electoral College (and subsequent tie-breaker by the United States House of Representatives), becoming the most hated and unpopular president in U.S. Kodama predicted a wetter-than-normal rainy season in Hawaii, and he thinks that prediction will hold true.Screenshot of the various factions with The Carolinas territory highlighted And Puuanahulu, about 20 miles north and upslope of Kailua-Kona, received 1.5 inches of rain, 51% of its normal 2.95 inches. Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park’s gauge recorded 1.28 inches, 60% of its 2.15 inches January norm. Not all locations shared in the bountiful rainfall, however.Įllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole, a customarily arid spot, was even more so than usual, with just 0.61 inches, 25% of normal. And Kainaliu tallied 2.41 inches, just 2/3 of its norm of 3.61 inches. Honaunau’s 4.49 inches was 126% of its January norm of 3.57 inches. Waiaha was also just above average at 3.52 inches. Kealakekua reported 3.68 inches, just above its norm of 3.64 inches. The Kona coffee belt, which experiences its rainy season in the summer, had mostly average rainfall totals. And Kahuku Ranch’s 4.77 inches of rainfall is more than 1 1/2 times its average for the month. Pahala’s total was its rainiest January since 2002. Kapapala Ranch and Pahala both experienced more than twice as much rain in a normal January, with 16.53 inches and 13.27 inches, respectively.
Kodama said rainfall last month in Ka‘u “was one of the biggest rain events to affect the area since the record-breaking rainfall event on Nov. “The Wailuku River had the second-largest flow in 30 years.” It wasn’t Lane high, but it was still pretty darn high,” Kodama said. “You know, the Wailuku River got pretty high. In January, East Hawaii’s rivers and streams became swollen and there were numerous road closures because of flooding, especially in the South Hilo, Puna, and Ka‘u districts. The only month with more rain in Hakalau was August 2018, when 47.83 inches fall, largely due to Hurricane Lane. Kodama said Hakalau’s rainfall was the second-highest in any month with records going back to 2004. The gauge at Hakalau, about 14 miles north of Hilo, measured an eye-popping 46.09 inches of rain, eight times its January norm and almost three times the 15.89 inches received at Hilo International Airport - and the airport’s total was its highest January total since 2002. Piihonua and Waiakea Uka, Hilo locations upslope from downtown Hilo, recorded 30.78 inches and 34.83 inches, respectively - both totals more than twice their normal January rainfall. Mountain View, in upper Puna, tallied 33.73 inches, 2 1/2 times its monthly norm of 13.54 inches. Laupahoehoe’s 21.39 inches was 7-plus inches above its January average. Kahua Ranch in the Kohala Mountains received 10.49 inches, almost 1 1/2 times its norm of 7.19 inches. Glenwood, a habitually rainy spot in the upper Puna rainforest, recorded 42.65 inches of rain - more than twice its usual January total of 19.45 inches. “What’s amazing is these records are being broken with just half a month’s rainfall, essentially, because it really didn’t rain that much in the second half,” said Kevin Kodama, senior service hydrologist for the weather service.