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Lihue, Hawaii Weather

First trades stir the ceiba canopy. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lihue weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Lihue, HI
Thursday, June 4 at 6:31 AM
74
°
Overcast
Feels like
77°
Humidity
82%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
7:17 PM
Lihue, HI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLihue, HI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit with a 98% chance of precipitation at 3 AM.
L 71°H 77°
Lihue, HI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Rain
    100%
    0.05″
    80°73°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Light Rain
    98%
    0.22″
    77°71°-3°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Heavy Drizzle
    98%
    0.19″
    77°71°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Drizzle
    82%
    0.02″
    78°72°+1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    91%
    0.17″
    77°72°-1°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    96%
    0.27″
    77°71°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    84%
    0.15″
    77°71°
Lihue, HI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
050° · backing 21°
Direction
NE
050°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 11
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 11 · pk 28 @ 11:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2711SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 21° from the ne.
Lihue, HI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.2
+0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.98 inHg
Now
1015.2
mb
3h
+0.5
mb
12h
+1.3
mb
24h
+0.9
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141016
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.11013.61015.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Lihue, HI
Air quality
40
AQI
Moderate
+1 in 6h

PM scrubbed by 5 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.5 µg/m³, PM10 to 16.6 µg/m³. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
17μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneGood
51μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 5 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.5 µg/m³, PM10 to 16.6 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.57
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
5h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Lihue, HI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
95%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
36.3mi
UNLIMITED
86 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
06:31 UTC ·Lihue, HI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
06:31 UTC ·Lihue, HI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Lihue, HI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lihue, HI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lihue, HI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
3:30 PM
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Daylight
13h 24m
Sunset
7:17 PM
Civil dusk
5:43 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Lihue, HI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
86% illuminated
Moonrise
8:28 AM
Moonset
7:34 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Lihue, HI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

First trades stir the ceiba canopy

fish
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lihue at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: December 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Lihue

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.