Interesting Facts about Maui's
Climate and Weather

Average Temperature:
Winter  -- 71 degrees
Summer  -- 79 degrees

Highest Recorded Temperature:
Kahului Airport -- 96 degrees
Kihei -- 98 degrees
Lahaina – 93 degrees
Hana – 90 degrees

Lowest Recorded Temperature:
Kahului -- 48 degrees
Haleakala -- 14 degrees
Kihei – 49 degrees
Hana – 50 degrees
Lahaina – 52 degrees

Rainfall:
Kihei/Wailea -- 12 inches per year (most during the winter)
Hana -- 90 inches per year
Mountain areas -- may get over 300 inches per year

Maui Trade Winds...
are almost always calm in the morning hours.
make Maui's temperature very moderate.
are from the northeast at about 5-15 miles per hour.

Kona Winds...
move in the opposite direction of the trade winds.
usually indicate bad weather is soon to arrive.

Tsunami...
warning sirens are tested on the first Monday of each month at noon.
The last tsunami to hit Maui was in 1946.
Maui has elaborate emergency evacuation plans which can be found in the phone book.