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Kapaau, Hawaii Weather

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

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

Kapaau, HI
Thursday, June 4 at 10:27 PM
80
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
81°
Humidity
70%
Wind
17 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
7:00 PM
Kapaau, HI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKapaau, HI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit with a 83% chance of precipitation at 12 PM.
L 72°H 78°
Kapaau, HI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Light Drizzle
    94%
    0.06″
    80°73°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    100%
    0.06″
    79°72°-1°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    94%
    0.02″
    80°71°+1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Mostly Clear
    67%
    81°71°+1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    65%
    0.02″
    80°72°-1°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    36%
    0.01″
    82°73°+2°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    18%
    0.05″
    80°71°-2°
Kapaau, HI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
083° · steady
Direction
E
083°
Sustained
17
mph
Gust
39
mph
Peak 24h
39
avg 16
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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 16 · pk 39 @ 11:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3918SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 17 mph with gusts pulsing to 39 — flags snap, branches bend.
Kapaau, HI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1003.4
+1.5 mb in 3h · rising · 29.63 inHg
Now
1003.4
mb
3h
+1.5
mb
12h
+1.0
mb
24h
+1.8
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10021005
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1004.81001.91004.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
Kapaau, HI
Air quality
29
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.6 µg/m³, PM10 to 14.6 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
8.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexExtreme
11.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 33 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
11.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 33

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.6 µg/m³, PM10 to 14.6 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.59
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Kapaau, HI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
36%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
24.9mi
UNLIMITED
82 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
22:27 UTC ·Kapaau, 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
22:27 UTC ·Kapaau, HI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Kapaau, HI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kapaau, HI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kapaau, HI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
3:19 PM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
13h 18m
Sunset
7:00 PM
Civil dusk
5:26 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Kapaau, HI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
8:09 AM
Moonset
7:22 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Kapaau, 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 →

Kapaau at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: December 18 (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 Kapaau

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.