Zip 96743 (Waimea, HI) Climate

The climate in 96743 Waimea, HI is quite temperate. Summers are quite warm and humid with temperatures usually staying in the mid 80s and occasional heat waves. Winters are mild with temperatures rarely dropping below 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall is plentiful throughout the year, with more rain coming during the winter months than during the summer months. The average yearly rainfall for 96743 Waimea, HI is about 50 inches, making it a very wet place to live.

Waimea (zip 96743), Hawaii gets 58 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Waimea (zip 96743) averages 0 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 171 sunny days per year in Waimea (zip 96743). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Waimea (zip 96743) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 32 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 63
Rain: averages 58 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 0 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 96743 zip code is 9.4 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Hawaii.

9.3 Summer - 9.6 Winter

February, January and December are the most pleasant months in the 96743 zip code, while August and September are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Waimea, Hawaii	United States
	57.9 in.	38.1 in.
	0.0 in.	27.8 in.
	31.5 days	106.2 days
	171 days	205 days
	83.7°	85.8°
	62.8°	21.7°
	9.4	7
	9.7	4.3
	2766 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

August is the hottest month for the 96743 zip code with an average high temperature of 84.4°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Hawaii. In the 96743 zip code, there are 12 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 96743 zip code are January, February and March.

In the 96743 zip code, there are 6.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Hawaii.

February has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 96743 zip code with an average of 62.7°. This is colder than most places in Hawaii.

In the 96743 zip code, there are 0.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Hawaii.

In the 96743 zip code, there are 0.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Hawaii.

Humidity in the 96743 zip code is generally low and pleasant. Trade winds in Hawaii keep it comfortable, even when the humidity rises in the late summer. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are August, September and July.

March is the wettest month in the 96743 zip code with 6.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is June with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Spring with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 57.9 inches in the 96743 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Hawaii.

April is the rainiest month in the 96743 zip code with 3.4 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 1.7 rainy days. There are 31.5 rainy days annually in the 96743 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Hawaii. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.

There is rarely any recorded snowfall in the 96743 zip code, ranking it as one of the least snowy places in Hawaii. Any measurable snowfall is a rare occurance in the 96743 zip code.

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