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Untypical Weather -


A RECORD SETTING SUMMER . . .

A couple of degrees makes all the difference.

Makaha's typical summer temperatures generally hover in the 88-degree range.

Beginning this past July, however, the summer hover stagnated at about 90-degrees. The two-degree increase set high-temp records throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

July, in fact, was about the warmest-average month ever, with August right on its heels and September, so far, continuing the trend.

The larger story isn't just about the high degrees, though, summer has been a season almost devoid of trade winds, making for increased humidity levels and “real feel” temperatures into the mid-90s and, at times, even approaching triple-digit levels.

These lack-of-trade-winds, high-humidity, “feel-like” days are much more typical in September and October.

Conversely, Makaha's summer-time precipitation was record setting also.

A late-June, winter-like storm front marching across the Islands dropped about three inches of rainfall on Oahu's leeward coast, which may not sound like much in other areas, but here in Makaha, is just about a dry season miracle.

The early-summer rain, combined with the prolonged enhanced-humidity levels, kept our hillsides green almost until Labor (Labour for our Canadian and Australian readers!) Day weekend.

With the summer season now about to depart, Makaha Valley's hillsides have resumed their more typical burnt-brownish color, which makes for marvelous sunset photos.

Yet, it all still begs the question: when it comes to weather, just what is typical any longer?


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