#T1Holualoa
unincorporated, Hawaii County · 3,434 peopleJanuary low·July high 86°
Holualoa, #1 on this list · Photo: Travisthurston · CC BY-SA 3.0Hawaii rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Hawaii
Holualoa (tied with 3 more) has the mildest winters of Hawaii’s 93 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 69° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 64°; 93 of the 93 stay above freezing.
The average January low. 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
#T169°
#T1Kahaluu-Keauhou
unincorporated, Hawaii County · 5,150 peopleJanuary low·July high 86°·0 freezing nights a year
#T1Kailua
unincorporated, Hawaii County · 21,818 peopleJanuary low·July high 86°·0 freezing nights a year
All 93 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 84 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
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Which Hawaii town has the mildest winters?
Holualoa (unincorporated, Hawaii County): January nights average a low of 69°. Kahaluu-Keauhou (69°) and Kailua (69°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), 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.
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