The Kaunakakai plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.
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7.20 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1949. The next wettest, 4.72 inches, fell in 1965.
Kaunakakai’s center stands about 16 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 1,310 ft, a difference of 1,310 ft: steep hill country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Kamakou, about 4,950 ft, 10 miles east.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Kaunakakai has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 87° in August; winter nights fall to about 64° in January. About 22 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Kaunakakai normally reaches 83° and falls to 70°. The record high is 88°, in 1984; the record low 59°, in 1993. The most rain on this date, 1.90 in, fell in 1996.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1949 at Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai Airport, 7 miles northwest, 420 ft higher. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
