The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-23
Weekly N0lI|eI Bulletin
For the Week Ended March 20. 1909.
Honolulu, March -. 1909.
General Summary.


Excessively heavy rains were IN
usually frequent. and occurred on one
or more dates on all the islands. ex.
eepting Melokai. On Hawaii the ex.
cessive falls-s.50 inches or more in
"A consecutive hours-were most FREE
quent on the 18th and 18th, in the
windward districts; on Maui they oe.
cured ON the 18th. 18th and I4th. and
in the Koolau and Hama dietricts-one
station in the latter district reporting
1880 inches and one in the former
1880 inches on the 18th. On Oahu
they occurred in the Koolaas on the
18th. and ranged from 3.67 to $50
inches: and on Kauai on the 18th and
l4th, IN the eastern districts. and the
amounts ranged from 500 to 500
inches.
The rainfall was above the average
of ten or more years ON Kauai; in the
Koolauloa, Eva and Waianae districts
Of Oahu; in the Hamaknaloa and La
hama districts of Maui; and in the
Kau, the southern portion of the Hilo,
northern portion of the Hamakua and
generally in the kohala districts of Ha.
wall.
The departures from the average, in
inches, in the several districts were.
Hawaii--Kohala -a.61 to +1.41, Ha-
makua ore to 4-1.06, Hilo OBS to
-3.64 in the northern and toss to
+ 1868 in the northern portion. Puma
900. Kau 2.73 to 1-S.41, and Kona
OBJ; Notwithstanding +2.55, and
Lahaina It'll; 0ahu---Koolauloa
+9.7s. Koolaupoko +3.45 in the nerth-
ern portion and OBS in the southern,
Honolulu CPS to 0.6l. and Eva and
Waianae -+0.57 to +0.95; and Kauai
+7.17 to t7.21.
The greatest amounts of rainfall, in
inches, were reported from the Hama
and portions of the Koolau districts of
Maui, the Koolauloa district of Oahu,
Kauai generally, and portions of the
Hilo and Puma districts of Hawaii. and
ranged from 1000 to ALAG inches.
The total amounts of rainfall. in
inches, in the several districts were:
Hawaii--Kohala loo to 2.74, Hamakua
Las to 3.42, Hilo 291 to 1880, Puma
2.2S to 1906, Kau SOC to 4.65, and
Kona 0.56 to 0.09; Maui-Koolau 100
to coils, Hamakualoa 4.65, Hama 21.49,
Kula liz. Wailuku 0.T5 to 2.8S, and
Lahaina 40; Oahu-Koolauloa 1854
to 1914, Koolaupoko 1.22 to $40, Ho-
nolulu OBI to Isl, Eva liz, and Wal
amaze LAG; Kauai s.31 to 10.11, and Mo.
lokai 120 and 1.21.
Much more rainfall than during the
preceding week was reported from all
stations on Kauai, in the Koolau and
Hama districts of Maui, the Koolauloa
and Waianae of Oahu, and the Kau
and portions of the Kona districts of
Hawaii. In the northern portion of the
Hilo district of Hawaii there was from
14.64 to 1474 inches less rainfall than
during last week.
The mean temperatures were higher
than those of last week at all stations
on Kauai, and Molokai, at all on Oahu,
excepting in the southern part of the
Koolauloa district; in the koolau dis
trict of Maui, and in the Puma and por.
tions of the Kohala and Hamakua dis
tricts of Hawaii; elsewhere they were
lower than those of the preceding week
The greatest excess was "a deg.--on
! Kauai, and the maximum deficiency
% deg.-on Maui.
An earthquake shock. which was
severe in parts of the island, was felt
| generally over Hawaii about 800 a. m
| of the 18th.
The following table shows the week
" averages of temperature and ram
fall for the principal islands and fol
| the group: