Honalo, HI climate
Honalo has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 69°, and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Honalo feels like
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Honalo weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 81° | 69° | 1.4" | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| February | 82° | 68° | 1.2" | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| March | 82° | 70° | 1.0" | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| April | 83° | 71° | 0.6" | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| May | 84° | 73° | 0.6" | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| June | 85° | 74° | 0.8" | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| July | 86° | 75° | 0.5" | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| August | 87° | 76° | 0.5" | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| September | 87° | 75° | 0.5" | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| October | 86° | 75° | 0.9" | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| November | 84° | 72° | 0.8" | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| December | 82° | 70° | 1.1" | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Year | 84° | 72° | 9.9" | 0.0" | 135 | 0 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more.
Rain and snow in Honalo
Honalo gets 10 inches of rain and melted snow a year. January is the wettest month and July the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 135 days a year.
A year-round growing season
Heating and cooling a home in Honalo
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Honalo, 0% of that work is heating and 100% is cooling, so air conditioning is the bigger bill.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Honalo and its neighbors
Honalo borders 3 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.0°. Kahaluu-Keauhou has both the coldest January nights (69°) and the hottest July afternoons (86°). Honalo’s January low is 69° and its July high 86°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.
How Honalo compares
Compared with every U.S. town and city on TownTapestry, each counted once.
Common questions about Honalo’s climate
What is the coldest month in Honalo?
February, with a typical high of 82° and a low of 68°.
What is the hottest month in Honalo?
August, with a typical high of 87° and a low of 76°. About 7 days a year reach 90°.
How much snow does Honalo get?
Almost none. A normal year brings 0.0 inches.
When is the first frost in Honalo?
Frost is uncommon. Only 0% of years see a night at 32° or below.
What is the rainiest month in Honalo?
January, with 1.4 inches of rain and melted snow. The year totals 10 inches.
NOAA’s gridded normals don’t cover this state, so temperatures and rainfall come from the nearest weather station. Snow, frost dates and day counts come from NOAA’s weather station at Lanihau 68.2, HI (7 mi, snow) and Kailua Kona Ke-ahole Airport, HI (14 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020.