The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-05
RECORD
or 1877


were above tho average and tho Nau- f.
ua Loa eruption was tho principal
Following a tho general .
summary
The mean temperature for the year
$50 deg, at the central station Homo /
lulu, was oi deg. above the normal .
10 has been exceeded three times since .
lN9o-the greatest excess being O.3 deg .
i'm l9OO-aud eQualed twice The low +.
est yearly mean temperature iu ISL
years occurred In 1905. and was 13|
deg. lower than that of 1907. At the /
remaining temperature reporting sta /
tons i'm the section data are available .
but for the last three years. and the /
mean temperature of Maui and Hawaii. /
for 1907, was O.4 deg above the higher I
of either of the two preceding years, |
while on Oahu 10 was o. deg lower, !
and on Kauai or deg. lower, while on
Oahu it was 0.1 deg lower, and on Ka-
uai o. deg. lower Moiokai records do
mt cover the entire three years.
No destructive wind storms were re-
Csoutherly wind storms attended with
RAIN were infrequent The trades"
were established during the second de-
cade of February and continued with
but few Interruptions throughout the
remainder Of the yeaT-and for the
greater part of the time were some
what stronger than usual
Rains excessively large in amounts,
and tOrrential in rate of fall, occurred
during several months of the year.
The marked phenomenon during the
year was the eruption of the volcano
of Mauna Loa II the Island of Hawaii,
in January, attended as it was with
three streams of lava, each enormous
in amount and continuing for several
days, yet not reaching the sea. The
smoke from this eruption overlay the
islands for quite a while
Earthquakes and thunderstorms
were more frequent than ordinarily;
and strong to high winds were quite
prevalent, whileg ales Gao miles or
more) were infrequent.
The greatest amounts of rainfall. in
inches, occurred in the following dis
tricts: Maui-Koolau 1914 to 2G2. 52:
Hawaii-Hilo 1858 to 2GO.G7. Puma
1l197 to 22273, and the higher alu-
tudes of northern KOhala 1881 to
1863; Oahu-the higher levels of the
KoolauDoIo 1l5.3S to 1896, the higher
attitudes Of the Honolulu 1917 to 1GO.-
A. Kauai-the higher levels of the
Puma and Kona 114OS to 1928, and
Molokai-the higher portion of the
southeast part 1OO.33. The least rain
| fall fell on the isthmus of Maui, and
the lowest levels of the Eva and Wal
amaze districts of Oahu, and ranged
from 1900 to 1924 inches.
! The total rainfall for the year was
above the average at all stations hav-
ing a record Of ten or more years, ex-
cepting Honolulu CY. b. and Electric
Light Station, Oahu, and Kua (Ereh-
won) and Mahana, Maui. The excess
es in inches, in the dicerent districts
of the several islands were as follows:
Hawaii-Kohala 800 to SIC, Hamakua
SAG to 1911, Hilo 13.41 to $3.50, Puma
1897, Kau 1852 to 1854, and Kona
1l37; Oahu-KOolauloa S.29, Koolau-
poke 400 to 1901, Honolulu 0.1O to
% .41-excepting deficiencies Of $50 at
Honolulu CIV. b. and 1912 at the
Electric Light Station, Eva 1923, and
Waianae 9.53; Kauai-Koolau 1884
Puma 21.9O to 27G9, Kona 22.45 to 1927
and Waimea 1915 to 1879, and Mau
-Hamakualoa and Mamakuapolo O.3l
to 4G5 Kaanapali excepting de,
ficiencies of 545 at Mahana, and 4.G:
at Kula CErehmon)
The following gives for the severa
islands and districts the percentage o.
the total amount for the year as com
, pared with the average-Only stations
, having a record Of ten or more years
, being considered: Hawaii-KOhala
Hamallua and Kona 1OS to 1875, HilC
, 1O9 to al, and Puma and Kau 125 tC
1879; Maui-Hamakualoa and Hama
{ kuapoko 100 to 1O7, Kula SO, and Kaa
, napali 1853 at the lower and SO at tn,
! higher levels; Oahu-KoOlauloa anC
, Koolaupoko 1913 to 145, Honolulu 10,
t to llG-excepdng 81 at Honolulu (W
: 3D. and so at the Electric Light Sta
ton, Eva 1873, and Waianae 143, anC
Kauai-Koolau 1876, Puma 149 to 1G1
, Kona 149 to 2O3, and Waimea 1863 u
1879.
The mean temperature for the yeal
of the Island of Hawaii as determined
= from the records of Is stations, witt
p an average altitude of 800 feet, wal
7O.5 deg; Maui, 8 stations, average al
titude, 69l feet, TIC deg; Oahu, /.
stations, average altitude, 355 feet, 73,
deg; Kauai, . stations, average alti
tude, $50 feet 1874 deg; Molokai,
stations, average altitude, 315 feet
1874 deg, and Of the entire section, A,
stations, average altitude, SIS feet
72l deg
The highest mean temperature OF
. the section WAS IN 9 deg at Waianae