#T1Haiku-Pauwela
unincorporated, Maui County · 9,178 peopleJuly high·January low 64°·39 days of 90°+ a year
Haiku-Pauwela, #1 on this list · Photo: 293.xx.xxx.xx · CC BY-SA 3.0Hawaii rankings · Climate
Towns with the hottest summers in Hawaii
Haiku-Pauwela (tied with 5 more) has the hottest summers of Hawaii’s 93 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 89° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 85°; none of the 93 average 90° or more.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T189°
#T1Kahului
unincorporated, Maui County · 28,288 peopleJuly high·January low 64°·39 days of 90°+ a year
#T1Paia
unincorporated, Maui County · 2,512 peopleJuly high·January low 64°·39 days of 90°+ a year
All 93 towns
July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 85 towns here).
93 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownJuly highDays ≥90°January low
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Hawaii town has the hottest summers?
Haiku-Pauwela (unincorporated, Maui County): July afternoons average a high of 89°. Kahului (89°) and Paia (89°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (93 in Hawaii): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Hawaii page.
Go deeper
All Hawaii rankings →More Hawaii lists
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Most affordable towns93 towns · #1 Lanai CityHealthiest towns93 towns · #1 Ocean PointeBest towns for jobs & income93 towns · #1 WaikeleMost walkable towns93 towns · #1 LaieTowns with the lowest natural-hazard risk93 towns · #1 WaimaluBest towns for the outdoors93 towns · #1 Ewa VillagesMost historic towns93 towns · #1 Urban HonoluluTowns with the mildest winters93 towns · #1 Holualoa and 3 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers93 towns · #1 Keokea and 4 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the highest incomes93 towns · #1 HeeiaDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest property taxes87 towns · #1 NanakuliDescribed, no letters
Other states